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Breastfeeding Preparation Guide

Breastfeeding Basics

Feel prepared. Feel confident. Feel ready.

The Guide

Most mothers think about breastfeeding after their baby arrives. The ones who feel most confident are the ones who prepared beforehand.


Written by an Endorsed Midwife and IBCLC, the Breastfeeding Basics guide is a 46-page, science-based resource designed to give pregnant women a clear and practical understanding of feeding — before the sleepless nights begin. Not vague tips or generic advice, but real clinical knowledge explained in plain language by someone who works with breastfeeding mothers every day.


Digital download -  $14.99

Printed edition  -  $29.99


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Why Preparation Matters

Breastfeeding is natural — but that doesn't mean it's instinctive. For most mothers, it takes knowledge, support, and practice. The early days after birth are also the hardest time to absorb new information. You're exhausted, emotional, and learning everything at once.


The mothers who tend to have the most positive feeding experiences are the ones who arrived prepared — who understood what their body was doing, what their baby needed, and what was normal. That knowledge doesn't eliminate every challenge, but it does mean you're not starting from zero at 3am.


That's exactly what this guide is designed to give you.


What's Inside

How Your Body Works

What a good latch looks like and why it matters

Colostrum & the Early Days

  • How the breast makes and moves milk
  • The hormones behind milk production — prolactin and oxytocin
  • Understanding the let-down reflex
  • The miracle of lactation and its benefits for you and your baby

Colostrum & the Early Days

What a good latch looks like and why it matters

Colostrum & the Early Days

  • What colostrum is and why those first feeds matter
  • The first feed — what to expect and why it sets the tone
  • How milk transitions from colostrum to mature milk
  • Why early and frequent feeding establishes your supply

Hand Expressing Colostrum

What a good latch looks like and why it matters

What a good latch looks like and why it matters

  • A step-by-step guide to hand expressing colostrum during pregnancy — including when and how to start, how to collect and store it, and why antenatal expressing can make a real difference in those first hours after birth.
  • Latch & Positioning

What a good latch looks like and why it matters

What a good latch looks like and why it matters

What a good latch looks like and why it matters

  • Step-by-step positioning guidance including cradle hold, football hold, laid-back, and biological nurturing
  • How to identify and improve a shallow latch
  • Protecting your nipples from the start

What Normal Feeding Really Looks Like

What Normal Feeding Really Looks Like

What Normal Feeding Really Looks Like

  • Feeding frequency and cluster feeding
  • Night feeds and why they matter for supply
  • Reading your baby's hunger cues
  • Wet and dirty nappies — what's normal and when to be concerned

Supporting Your Milk Supply

What Normal Feeding Really Looks Like

What Normal Feeding Really Looks Like

  • Nipple pain and damage
  • Blocked ducts and mastitis
  • Tongue tie and its impact on feeding
  • Nipple shields — when and how to use them
  • Sleepy baby and feeding support
  • Breastfeeding twins
  • Breastfeeding with implants or hypoplasia

Common Challenges

What Normal Feeding Really Looks Like

Common Challenges

  • How supply is built and maintained
  • Early stimulation and why it matters
  • Fast let-down, low supply, and engorgement — what to know
  • Expressing as a support tool

Myth vs Reality

What Normal Feeding Really Looks Like

Common Challenges

  • Separating evidence-based facts from the common misinformation that undermines so many feeding journeys before they begin.
  • When to Ask for Help
  • How to recognise when you need support, and where to find it — because needing help is normal, and asking early makes all the difference.

Who Is It For?

First-time mothers who want to feel informed before their baby arrives.


Mothers who struggled with feeding before and want to approach it differently this time


Partners and support people who want to understand what's happening and how to help


Anyone who wants real knowledge rather than generic advice

From the Author

I created this guide because I kept seeing the same thing — mothers who were brilliant, capable, and doing everything right, but who had simply never been given the information they needed. Breastfeeding knowledge shouldn't only arrive when things go wrong. I wish I'd had something like this when I was learning. This is the resource I wanted to exist — so I wrote it."


Want More Than a Guide?

The Breastfeeding Basics in-person class is a 4 hour hands-on experience where you can ask questions, see demonstrations, work through real scenarios, and leave feeling genuinely ready. Everything in the guide and so much more — all for $180, with your printed copy of the guide included.


Find Out More About the Class

 Serving families across Camden, Picton, Wollondilly, Campbelltown 


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