A- Antenatal- start as you mean to go on, get yourself informed and prepared

B- Benefits (So many of them ) of breastfeeding

C- Colostrum, your first milk, tiny volumes, big impact! It coats your baby’s gut and offers protection

D- Don’t worry, you’re doing a brilliant job

E- Engorgement- Fear not! It settles after a couple of days- feed to relieve!

F- Flipping heck- this can be hard work!!!

G- Get feeding off to a good start with skin to skin

H- Hand express to relieve engorgement

I- I’m getting the hang of this now

J- Join Connect and Share, our closed Facebook group for support and information from other mums and peer supporters.

K- Keep it up, you’re giving your baby a fantastic start

L- Little and often, their tummies are tiny and most breastfed babies will need frequent small feeds

M- Make use of us- We’re here 7 days a week for any support you need

N- Nipple confusion is a thing, waiting 4-6 weeks before introducing a bottle gives babies a better chance of switching between the two more effectively

O- Oh my goodness, it’s just getting so much easier

P- Positioning, getting your baby in an effective position can really help overcome any problems

Q- Questions- we know you’ll have lots and there’s never a silly one or one we’ve not been asked before

R- Reassurance, we don’t care how much you need, we are here to give it. We’ll help you believe in yourself

S- Safer sleep- we can give information about much more than just breastfeeding, ask us your safe sleep questions

T- Try different positions, not every position works well for every mum, but there’ll be one that works for you.

U- Understanding that any amount of breastmilk makes a difference, one feed, one week, one month, one year will all offer your baby some protection.

V- Village- find yours in us. We will be your people, your cheerleaders, your safety net

W- Whip it out if in doubt, you can’t overfeed a breast fed baby

X- X-pletives when you realise you’ve opened the door to amazon/the milk man/the window cleaner with your boob out

Y- You are protected whilst feeding in public, no one can stop you or ask you to move.

Z- zzzzzzzzzz Yes, eventually they’ll sleep!!!