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What an effective latch looks and feels like, and how you can support your baby during breastfeeding. Part 2 is coming in 2026.

Applying warmth and gently massaging the breast before putting your baby to the breast or before expressing milk can help stimulate the let-down reflex. This can also relieve breast fullness and make breastfeeding more comfortable.

Learn how these four key messages can help you get off to a good start with breastfeeding.

Ideas for how you can support one another so that breastfeeding works well. Supporting each other is one of the four key breastfeeding messages.

See how you can stimulate your milk to start flowing before expressing or breastfeeding.

You and your baby can start again if you are experiencing breastfeeding difficulties by allowing your baby to lie undisturbed skin to skin and find the breast on their own. This can help make breastfeeding easier. See how in this video.

Learn about the benefits of skin-to-skin contact and how to practice it. Skin-to-skin contact is one of the four key breastfeeding messages.

Key signs to look for when checking that your baby is getting enough milk.

How your baby shows that it has had enough during a feed.

Ideas for breastfeeding positions.

Practical advice on using a nipple shield and what to consider before introducing one.

How to clean a nipple shield so it is ready for use.

In this video, you can see how to express milk by hand after birth and how to store the milk.

Practical guidance for starting with the laid-back breastfeeding position, which offers several benefits.

If you have breast engorgement and pain, gentle breast massage can help to relieve discomfort. In this video, you can see how to do it.

How often babies feed, and what is considered normal. Frequent breastfeeding is one of the four key breastfeeding messages.

Your nipple may become flattened if your breast is very full or engorged. In this case, using reverse pressure softening (RPS), gently applying pressure around the base of the nipple, and stimulating the breast by hand before feeding can help the nipple protrude. Watch the video to see how to do this.

How your baby shows that it is ready to feed. Learning these early cues can help you get off to a good start.

How to give your baby milk using a cup.

Ideas for two comfortable breastfeeding positions.

Cold compresses applied to the breast can help relieve engorgement and pain associated with mastitis. See how to do this in this video.

What to expect as breastfeeding becomes established. Hear from other parents and learn what may help in the first days.

See how you can move the breast to help relieve engorgement and pain. This is also called “breast gymnastics” and is a gentle and easy method.

Breast fullness, also known as engorgement, may occur when your milk “comes in”, usually 2–4 days after birth. Here you can find advice on how to reduce breast engorgement and ease any associated discomfort.

How breast compression can be used during breastfeeding or expressing to help milk flow more easily.

The laid-back breastfeeding position offers several benefits for both you and your baby and can be used from the very beginning.

Ideas for finding a comfortable and supportive position—one of the four key breastfeeding messages.