Breastfeeding is a natural process but it doesn’t always come naturally. Many things are known to help boost breastfeeding success. One of the most powerful ways to position you and your baby for breastfeeding success is to choose a birth team that is skilled and enthusiastic about low intervention/low-tech birth. Their expertise in natural birth will help you both emerge from your birth empowered, feeling your best, and without needing a lot of extra recovery from being ‘done to’, all of which protects your baby’s instincts and ability to breastfeed skillfully.  

Through the winter holidays, it's fairly common for breastfeeding mamas to call with a whole string of nursing concerns because they feel their milk supply has gone down. Temporary circumstances can lead to a minor and temporary dip in milk supply. Here are some basics that can guide you to sorting out what might be going on in your case.