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Breastfeeding Tips

Tips to help you breastfeed effectively for as long as you and your child wants.
  1. Breastfeeding

Pumping and Storing Breast Milk

Review how to pump or express milk and how long you can store breast milk in a freezer or refrigerator.

Nursing Strikes and Early Weaning

Review why a baby might stop breastfeeding all of a sudden during a nursing break or strike.

Breastfeeding Tips

General breastfeeding tips, including how to hold your baby, get her to latch on, handling nipple pain and tenderness, pumping breast milk, and breastfeeding in public.

Breastfeeding Time

Tips on how often your baby should be breastfeeding and how to recognize signs of hunger.

Breastfeeding Goals

Setting a goal for how long you would like to breastfeed can help make sure that you breastfeed for as long as you would like and don't stop before you are ready.

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