2 Hour 'Expressing Breastmilk' Workshop

 

Run and facilitated by trained breastfeeding counsellors - babyintuition.co.uk

 

 

Aim

Demonstrate to mothers how to express breastmilk using different equipment.  Explain the impact of supply and demand and the different skills involved to be able to express.  At the end of the workshop mothers will be able to obtain evidence based information concerning sterilisation and safe storage of breastmilk.

 

Content of Workshop

- Timings – when is the optimum time to express breastmilk

- Environment – understand that the place where a mother decides to express may have an impact on the amount of milk she can produce

- Quantities – tried and tested techniques to encourage maximum release of breastmlik

- Sterilisation – equipment needs to be washed in soapy water then sterilised

- Nipple confusion - what are the difference skills a baby needs to be able to bottle feeding and  breastfeeding

- Potential pitfalls

- Signposting – to evidence based websites

 

 

Format of Workshop

- Group discussion

- Demonstration of equipment

- Small group work using common scenarios

- Miscellaneous

 

Handout will be included

 

Price

£40.00 per person– depending on size of group, ideally no more than 8 mothers

 

Mothers and babies welcome.