Feeding Methods, Skin-to-Skin & Newborn Care Breastfeeding Hawaiʻi Feeding Methods, Skin-to-Skin & Newborn Care Breastfeeding Hawaiʻi

Expressing the First Milk

Most mothers of small babies will need to express their milk until their babies are able to feed exclusively from the breast. They should start expressing within an hour of giving birth to establish a good supply of milk, including if they’ve had a caesarean birth. This video shows how to teach a mother to express colostrum, the first milk.

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Caring for Yourself and Your Baby After Birth

Oriented to mothers, this video provides an overview of important information to care for herself and her baby after birth, including rest, good nutrition, family planning, danger signs in mothers and babies and care of the newborn.

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