low milk supply

The late preterm often falls through the cracks in routine hospital care that is designed for healthy term infants. Hospitals need to recognize the special needs of late preterm infants. We will discuss optimal ways to support the late preterm in the hospital and upon discharge to ensure optimal infant health and breastfeeding success. Recorded in June 2010

Hand expression of breasts in addition to pumping has been shown to be superior in establishing and maintaining the milk supply when the baby is unable to nurse at the breast. Dr. Jane Morton discusses findings in her hand expression study, and explain why hand expression makes sense. Her free instructional video on hand expression is at https://newborns.stanford.edu/Breastfeeding/HandExpression.html. Recorded in July 2010

This recording explores the definition of tongue-tie, and risks of a tight lingual frenulum; how to diagnose tongue-tie; indications, risk, and procedure of releasing a tight lingual frenulum in a breastfeeding infant. Recorded in May 2010