Let's Breastfeed

Isn’t it amazing how we put ourselves under the microscope when trying to get breastfeeding right! We really give ourselves a hard time if our breasts aren’t quite the right size or our nipples are too big or small or heaven forbid…inverted!
I wanted to run a theme to teach you about different breastfeeding areas, starting [...]

Hi Everyone,
I wanted to share this question with you as I am seeing very similar cases popping up all the time. Often when you are first learning how to breastfeed, you get your positioning and attachment wrong. The skin on the nipple is so sensitive, it is easily damaged and that will naturally equate to [...]

Hi Geraldine,
I have been breastfeeding my baby well for 2 weeks now with no cracked or bleeding nipples my friends all seem to suffer. My problem is that my baby keeps arching backwards and pulling at the nipple. It is so painful and I feel nervous that he is going to snap it right [...]

Dear Geraldine,
My baby is 2 weeks old and I am on my third course of antibiotics for mastitis! My husband says that I should give up breastfeeding as he can’t stand to see me is so much pain, but I really want to breastfeed my baby – my mother breastfed 4 of us for nearly [...]

Dear Geraldine,
I hope you can help me! I am at my wits end and exhausted to say the least!
My baby is 5 weeks old and feeds all day!! Feeds usually last for an hour and a half (with lots of sleep time at the breast) but then he won’t let me put him down [...]

Hi Geraldine,

I am desperate to breastfeed my 2 week old baby but I don’t know how much longer I can bare the pain!!!! My nipples were cracked and bleeding by day 2 as Emily fed constantly for the first day. The midwife said she was attached properly, but it hurt like mad and I [...]

Hello everyone!
Thank you for visiting my website! I am so excited to finally have my blog up and running and look forward to touching base with you all on a regular basis. My aim is to help you to enjoy parenting right from the start, making it feel more natural and less like the steepest [...]