Syringe Feeding a Newborn
Using a syringe to feed a newborn milk instead on mother breast milk.
How to Use Medela Supplement Nursing System (SNS)
The Supplemental Nursing System (SNS) is a nursing device specifically designed to help mothers and parents breastfeed / chestfeed by supplying milk to the baby while they are being fed at the breast/chest.
Infant Suck Training
Learn effective infant suck training techniques to support breastfeeding, improve latch, and enhance milk transfer for a thriving baby.
Expressing and Storing Breastmilk
Expressing breastmilk can relieve breast fullness, soften the breasts, and make it easier for the milk to flow. It is also important to maintain a mother’s milk supply during separation and make milk available for someone else to feed the baby. This video shows how to hand express breast milk and how to safely store it for later use.
Spoon Feeding Breastmilk to a Newborn
Learn how to safely spoon feed breastmilk to your newborn. Step-by-step guidance on techniques, tips, and best practices for feeding your baby.
What Is Skin-to-Skin
Learn skin-to-skin contact as a simple way to cuddle your baby, setting up the wiring in their brain to adapt to the outside world. It helps with regulating your baby's breathing, heartbeat, and temperature.
Skin-to-Skin After a Vaginal Birth
Learn how to place your baby on your chest to experience skin-to-skin, and other tips on the valuable technique after vaginal birth.
How To Skin-to-Skin
Learn how to place your baby on your chest to experience skin-to-skin, and other tips on the valuable technique.
Skin-to-Skin: Caesarean
Learn how to place your baby on your chest to experience skin-to-skin, and other tips following a caesarian delivery.
Rhythmic Movements for Breastfeeding Difficulties
This video shows some basic movements to help babies who have structural difficulties that are causing breastfeeding problems.
Reverse Pressure Softening (RPS)
Areola massage helps relieve breast engorgement and milk retention, improving baby latch and preparing the breast for effective pumping and milk flow.
Positions for Breastfeeding
The way a mother holds her baby affects how easy it is for her baby to feed effectively. This video shows basic points important for any position and then demonstrates several common positions that have worked well for many mothers and babies.
Side Lying Position
Learn the side-lying position, which can provide you with a moment to rest while feeding. It is useful after a caesarian and can help with milk movement from block areas of your breasts.
Laid Back Position
Learn to breastfeed from the laid back position as it helps your baby to latch by themselves and is perfect for talking to your baby.
Koala Position
This video covers the basics of latch and how to position a baby in the koala position.
Cradle Position
Learn the cradle position, the most common breastfeeding position. That is often used when you are confident.
Paced Bottle Feeding
By allowing the infant control over the bottle-feeding, paced bottle feeding helps prevent over- feeding, and may prevent the breastfeeding infant from developing a bottle preference.
Not Enough Milk
A common concern of a new mother is whether her baby is getting enough milk. This video shows signs to tell whether the baby is feeding well and how to increase the baby’s milk intake.
Nipples: Flat
Learn how to gently roll out flat or inverted nipples to improve latch and make breastfeeding easier for you and your baby.
