Preventing small breastfeeding problems from becoming big ones
Not sure if you need a lactation consultation?
Here’s what you should know 👇🏼
If it were up to me, I’d love to see clients in the first week after birth, just to check if everything is going well. In reality, I end up seeing most of my clients one or two months after birth - when things have already gone wrong.
I was so grateful this mama saw me soon as I did. We planned to just check that everything was going okay - and ended up identifying she had full-blown mastitis, which could have caused major problems if not resolved quickly. It was sheer luck that we’d had an appointment scheduled for that day - if we hadn’t, we’d have missed it.
The thing with breastfeeding problems is that they tend to spiral. A small issue like a latch that isn’t quite right is often easy to adjust. It becomes a bigger issue once an unresolved shallow latch means ongoing inefficient feeding leads to issues like mastitis, low milk supply, and slow weight gain.
That’s why I always encourage families to get help sooner rather than later. You don’t have to wait until things get worse 💛
Wondering whether a lactation consultation could be helpful for you? Send me a message on WhatsApp so we can chat 🤗
And thank you Tash for the review! 💞
Ceridwen Farley is a lactation counselor offering in-home breastfeeding consultations in Cayman through Cove Lactation.
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