Breastfeeding

  • This class provides you with the knowledge and confidence to successfully breastfeed, covering everything from attachment, to your return to work.

  • Topics covered:

    • Why breastfeeding?

    • Benefits for mums and babies

    • Antenatal expressing

    • The impact of labour/birth interventions

    • Skin-to-skin time and the first breastfeed

    • Early days and colostrum

    • “Milk coming in”

    • Attachment (“latch”) and positioning

    • How to tell if your baby is getting enough milk

    • Conflicting advice from health professionals

    • Common problems and how to tackle them

    • Cracked/damaged/painful nipples

    • Tongue tie

    • Breast engorgement/mastitis/thrush

    • Bottles, dummies and nipple confusion

    • The “fourth trimester” and normal newborn behaviours

    • Going back to work and breastfeeding

    • Expressing, pumping, bottle feeding including sterilising and preparing formula

  • 2hr class with Prue

    $300

  • Select Private Health Insurance Funds provide rebates for Midwifery classes. Prue is a registered provider for the following health funds.

    Please contact your insurer with the provider numbers listed below.

    BUPA PROVIDER: NO49948

    NIB PROVIDER: 10165649

    DEFENCE HEALTH PROVIDER NO: NMW11986

  • If you change your mind, a full refund is offered for cancelled bookings 2 weeks prior to your first class and 50% refund 1 week prior.