Middee | Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Education Monique Maitland

Welcome to our expert lactation mini series, a five part series where we're diving deep into the world of lactation.
Throughout this mini series I sit down with some of the best experts within the lactation space where we focus on the crucial aspects of breastfeeding.
Aiming to educate, empower & provide you with confidence to navigate your feeding journey at wherever point that may be. 
In today's episode I sit down with Founder of lactation consultant, sleep consultant & founder of Mamalinc Courtney Garland where we discuss the ins & outs of weaning.
Within this episode you will learn: 

What is weaning?

How do you wean?

What happens to your breasts when weaning?

Most common challenges when weaning?

 How do you know if your baby is starting to wean?

 Looking after yourself when weaning ?

Increasing supply - if regretful of weaning?

Welcome to our expert lactation mini series, a five part series where we're diving deep into the world of lactation.


Throughout this mini series I sit down with some of the best experts within the lactation space where we focus on the crucial aspects of breastfeeding.


Aiming to educate, empower & provide you with confidence to navigate your feeding journey at wherever point that may be. 


In today's episode I sit down with Founders of Your Two Jugs Elise + Katie where we discuss the world of mastitis.

Within this episode you will learn:


What is mastitis?
Causes of mastitis
Signs of mastitis
Treatment of mastitis - holistic vs medicalised approach
Red flags to look out for
Debunking common mastitis myths

Join me next week for our final episode of 2023 where we are talking all things weaning.

Today's episode is brought to you by NipCo
Welcome to our expert lactation mini series, a five part series where we're diving deep into the world of lactation.
Throughout this mini series I sit down with some of the best experts within the lactation space where we focus on the crucial aspects of breastfeeding.
Aiming to educate, empower & provide you with confidence to navigate your feeding journey at wherever point that may be. 
In today's episode, I chat with Kate Bird from Lactamo where we discuss some of the most common breastfeeding challenges. Throughout this episode Kate offers practical tips aimed to empower you when navigating these challenges. Some of the challenges we discuss are:
- engorgement
- nipple damage
- implementing a nipple shield
- over/under supply
- nipple vasospasm
- nipple thrush

Join us next week on the pod where we will be chatting all things mastitis!
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Welcome to our expert lactation mini series, a five part series where we're diving deep into the world of lactation.

Throughout this mini series I sit down with some of the best experts within the lactation space where we focus on the crucial aspects of breastfeeding.

Aiming to educate, empower & provide you with confidence to navigate your feeding journey at wherever point that may be. 

In today's episode, I chat with Kate Bird from Lactamo where we explore what breastfeeding can look like in the first week. Including what can you expect & what's normal newborn behavior? We'll address these questions and more, providing you with insights that will help you navigate those early days with confidence.

Join Kate and I again next week where we talk about breastfeeding challenges. For many their feeding journey isn't always smooth sailing and that's okay. We will be discussing some of the common challenges in breastfeeding as well as offering practical tips to overcome them.

Welcome to our expert lactation mini series, a five part series where we're diving deep into the world of lactation.

Throughout this mini series I sit down with some of the best experts within the lactation space where we focus on the crucial aspects of breastfeeding.

Aiming to educate, empower & provide you with confidence to navigate your feeding journey at wherever point that may be. 

In today's episode, I chat with Kate Bird from Lactamo where we explore how you can best prepare for your breastfeeding journey as well as some of the common changes which occur to your breasts whilst pregnant.

Join us next week where Kate and I discuss what breastfeeding can look like in the first week. Including what can you expect & what's normal newborn behavior? We'll address these questions and more, providing you with insights that will help you navigate those early days with confidence.

In today’s episode I speak with paediatrician, Dad & most recently published Author of the book ‘ Your baby doesn’t come with a book’ Dr Golly where we unpack some of the most common challenges which parents face in the first four weeks of parenthood.

Within this Q&A style episode Dr Golly shed’s light on your baby’s weight and why it may fluctuate, unsettled behaviour & the most common causes in newborns as well as discusses newborn sleep cycles & his top tips for linking sleep cycles together.

To learn more about the first four weeks of parents check out Dr Golly's book here!

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