Signs breastfeeding is going well

Breastfeeding is going well when your baby:

• feeds 8 or more times in 24 hours
• feeds for 5 to 40 minutes during each feed
• has a normal skin colour
• is generally calm and relaxed whilst feeding
• is content after most feeds
• has plenty of wet and dirty nappies
• at 3 to 4 days old and older, you can hear your baby swallowing frequently during the feed
• Breastfeeding should be comfortable for you.

Speak to your midwife or health visitor if you:

• feel pain in your breast or nipples that doesn’t stop after the first few sucks
• nipple comes out your baby’s mouth looking pinched or flat on one side
• cannot tell if your baby is swallowing milk 
• think your baby needs a dummy
• feel you need to give formula milk to your baby

Speak to your midwife or health visitor if your baby:

• is sleepy and had less than 6 feeds in 24 hours
• feeds for 5 minutes at each feed
• feeds for more than 40 minutes at each feed
• falls asleep on your breast or never finishes their feed
• has yellow skin and eyes (jaundice)
• refuses to breastfeed
• does not have wet and dirty nappies

Knowsley Breastfeeding Peer Support

• Breastfeeding Buddy Peer Support Programme – Everyone Health

0-25 Service Knowsley

• Health Visiting (Knowsley) – Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Advice and information

• Basis – baby sleep info source
• Breastfeeding network
• First Steps Nutrition Trust
• Kelly Mom breastfeeding
• Lullaby Trust
• North West Human Milk Bank
• Stanford Medicine – newborn nursery
• Unicef
• NHS

National support

• National Breastfeeding Helpline 24/7 – 0300 100 0212
• Association of Breastfeeding Mothers – 0300 330 5453
• La Leche League – 0345 120 2918
• National Childbirth Trust (NCT) – 0300 330 0700

Breastfeeding Basics videos

• Attachment
• Recognising Swallowing
• Different Positions
• Exaggerated Latch
• Breast Compressions
• Winding
• Laid Back Feeding
• Cherubs Breastfeeding – positioning and attachment and breast compressions
• Feeding in a Sling
• Breast Compressions
• Cherubs Breastfeeding – hand expression

Increasing Milk Supply videos

• Breast Compressions

Bottle Feeding Breastmilk videos

• Bottle Feeding a Breastfed baby
• Paced Feeding
• Expressing and storing breast milk – NHS
• Flange sizing for Breast Pumps

Supporting women with learning disabilities to feed their babies

• Watch the video