Hormones. What are they? They are chemical messengers that are released to parts of the body and tell them what to do. Hormones therefore play a vital role in breastfeeding, especially in breast development and lactation. There are many hormones that are present during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. There are in face 12. The main 2 are Prolactin and Oxytocin. It all starts with immediately after birth. The body knows exactly when the placenta is removed from the b

I am a mother of 2 boys. Although now all grown up, I will never forget breastfeeding my first son. When he was about 4 weeks, I was really struggling with pain and I remember being overwhelmed at each feed. At the time I was living at home and my lovely mum found a breastfeeding consultant who came over. I cant remember what she said or what she did specifically, but i remember her gentle nature and kindness. After that one consulataion, I was able to successfully feed both