Getting started in the early weeks

Starting breastfeeding
Expressing and storing breastmilk
Caring for your baby at night and when sleeping

Useful information and resources:

Global Health Video: Attaching your baby at the breast

Positioning and attachment: In this video, a breastfeeding counsellor helps a mother with her positioning and attachment whilst breastfeeding.

Key to achieving the Baby Friendly standards is a workforce able to support mothers to breastfeed effectively. The video above provides some guidance on this.

You can see more of the ‘From Bump to Breastfeeding’ DVD on the Best Beginnings website.

Vitamin D and breastfeeding

The information provided is taken from various reference sources. It is provided as a guideline. No responsibility can be taken by the author or the Breastfeeding Network for the way in which the information is used.
Off to the best start leaflet

Published by Better Health Start for Life and the Baby Friendly Initiative and updated in 2022, this leaflet provides mothers and health professionals with key information about breastfeeding.