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7 Best Prenatal Vitamins and Supplements
Eating a varied and balanced diet is the best way to ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby, but despite the best intentions, it can be difficult to meet the additional nutritional needs through...
08 Nov 2021
Postpartum night sweats – What’s the deal?
You’re no longer pregnant, you’ve brought your new baby home, and while you know that your body needs time to recover from the birth, you might not be expecting one of the more unusual...
08 Oct 2021
What to do when you need a breastfeeding break
For many mothers, breastfeeding is far from easy. It can be painful, exhausting, uncomfortable, and emotional. If you’re feeling like you just really need a break from it, that’s completely...
31 Aug 2021
Top 10 Double breast pumps for 2021
Most breastfeeding mums will express milk at some stage. It could be to boost supply, provide relief from overproduction, for when they return to work, or sometimes it’s just nice to let...
20 Aug 2021
What new mums don’t need to justify to anyone
We often hear from first-time mums who feel deflated, confused, and angry with the advice they're being given. Even if it isn’t intentional, the people in our lives, whether that's family,...
17 Aug 2021
Does my baby have a cow’s milk protein allergy?
Around 1 in 10 children have a reaction when they drink cow’s milk or formula made from cow’s milk. This could be due an intolerance to lactose or a milk allergy. A cow’s milk protein...
13 Apr 2021
How do I know if my baby has lactose overload?
Lactose overload is commonly seen in breastfed babies who consume large amounts of milk. When a mother has an oversupply in the early weeks, a baby can take in too much milk, too fast, resulting...
08 Apr 2021
Top 10 baby bottles for 2021
Finding the right bottle for your baby can be a little bit of trial and error. They come in so many different shapes, sizes, materials, and purposes. For instance, there are plastic bottles,...
15 Feb 2021
Signs your baby is having a growth spurt
Just when you feel like you're finally getting the hang of a somewhat reasonable feeding rhythm, your newborn suddenly wants to mix things up and begin feeding every hour. You might have even...
15 Jun 2020
Ditch placing high expectations on yourself to be the perfect mother
‘We’re all perfect parents until we become one’. Can you relate to that quote? Before you had a baby, did you tell yourself that you wouldn’t co-sleep, give your baby a dummy (or use...
30 Apr 2020
COVID-19 information for breastfeeding mums
A mother will do whatever it takes to keep her precious baby safe and healthy, so any worries may be exacerbated in a time of crisis like this. One thing you may be concerned about is if you...
17 Apr 2020
Should you be worried about coronavirus if you’re pregnant?
Little is known at this stage about the impact of Coronavirus on pregnancy and the developing foetus, but stress and panic is not good for unborn babies so we’re here to answer your biggest...
11 Mar 2020
Activities to keep your toddler busy during newborn feeds
‘A toddler can do more in one unsupervised minute than most people can do all day’ Isn’t that the truth?! Are you finding breast or bottle feeding your newborn challenging when your...
30 Jan 2020
Top breast pumps for returning to work
If you’re returning to work but wanting to continue to breastfeed your baby, you’ll need to find a breast pump that makes that transition easier. There’s an overwhelming array of pumps on...
08 Oct 2019
World Breastfeeding Week 2019 – Empowering Parents
World Breastfeeding Week- why do we celebrate it? First celebrated in 1992, World Breastfeeding Week #WBW2019 is a global celebration that occurs every year from the 1st to the 7th of August...
01 Aug 2019
Breastfed Babies are less likely to become Obese in later life
Most of us aware of the myriad benefits of breastfeeding both baby and mum, and now new research has been brought to light by Australia’s own Dr Donna Geddes of University of Western Australia,...
22 Apr 2019
How Safe are Beauty Treatments during Breastfeeding
Many women are aware of the myths and facts relating to beauty treatments and pregnancy, but what about breastfeeding? Most women are keen to get back to their usual routines following the...
20 Mar 2019
6 Baby Behaviours that are Perfectly Normal
These days, new mums are bombarded with information, via the internet, books, friends, forums - the list goes on. While an abundance of resources can be helpful, it also means mixed messages,...
31 Jan 2019
Why World Breastfeeding Week is So Important
Today marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), with this year’s theme being “the Foundation of Life”. World Breast Feeding week is celebrated every year in 170 countries, on...
01 Aug 2018
Photography project captures how breast feeding really looks
Suzie Blake is a photographer and Mum to two boys. While breast feeding her sons she found that images of women breast feeding in the mainstream media didn't look like her own experience of...
24 May 2018
Is my Breastmilk causing my baby to have Colic?
NBB question from Amy: Hi there, FTM here and 7 week old baby girl seems to have colic (reflux) She screams out for hours in pain every night and throws up a lot. I am exclusively breastfeeding...
18 May 2018
Lactation Consultants: What They Do and How They Help?
You may have heard the term ‘Lactation Consultant’ but be wondering what they do and how they can help you. A Lactation Consultant (LC) is a person that is an expert in all this. ...
27 Feb 2018
Dads Key to Helping Establish Breastfeeding
Research Finds New Dads Are the Key to Helping Establish Breastfeeding One of the things that new Dad’s often talk about is how helpless they felt in the delivery suite - not being able to...
24 Aug 2017
World Breast Feeding Week 1 – 7 August
August 1st marks the beginning of World Breastfeeding Week. Running until Monday August 7th, World Breastfeeding Week “aims to bring breast-feeding to the forefront of community agendas so...
01 Aug 2017
Newborn Frequently Feeding Breast and Bottle
NBB Question from Breeana: Hi, FTM to a 1 week old little boy. I've been breastfeeding him however, given him a bottle of breast milk a couple of times. When I breast feed him he will feed for...
16 Jun 2017
Baby still waking to Feed every 3-4 Hours through the Night
NBB Question from Erin: My 7 month old is breastfeeding and still wakes up every 3-4 hrs over night. She only feeds for max 2-3 mins for all feeds, even during the day. I think this is why she...
14 Jun 2017
Celebrating International Midwife Day – 5th May
In Australia, there are over 300,000 mums giving birth every year and Midwives support 70 per cent of them. Now with International Midwives' Day taking place on 5th May 2017, Medela Australia...
05 May 2017
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies
Cookies are a great excuse to eat cookies – well sort of, in a good way! This recipe is a delicious option for mothers who are breastfeeding. It helps keep your milk supply up and can aid in...
11 Apr 2017
Breastfeeding doesn’t look the same for everyone!
To celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, 1-7 August, 2016, leading breastfeeding experts, Medela Australia, surveyed over 4000 Australian women to discover attitudes towards breast feeding...
01 Aug 2016
What We Aren’t Told About Breastfeeding
We all know that ‘breast is best’, but often it’s hard, and no one really tells you that it might be. We are led to believe that breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world, but...
05 Apr 2016
Music Therapy in Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Music has been used for therapeutic purposes for hundreds of years. Research has found that music can reduce physical pain, improve sleep quality, reduce stress, create a calmer atmosphere,...
15 Mar 2016
Breast is Best…Except When it’s Not!
A beautiful post from one of our amazing readers Kallyn Da Costa I am a first time mum to an amazingly beautiful 8 week old boy! I have been wanting to write something for a while, maybe...
07 Oct 2015
Double pumping more efficient and effective than single pumping
According to a recent study, simultaneous breast pumping is more effective than sequential pumping, producing more milk and draining breasts completely. The study, performed by the University...
19 Sep 2019
Cluster Feeding – What’s it all about?
Cluster feeding can be stressful, tiring and sometimes painful but your body should adjust in sync with your baby’s changing needs if you follow and respond to their feeding cues.
23 Mar 2015
Breastfeeding graduate goes viral
A photo of a university graduate breastfeeding her baby has gone viral after the 24-year-old used it to thank the University of the Sunshine Coast for its support during her studies. ...
05 Nov 2014
Research shows there’s no such thing as ‘normal’ breastfeeding
Infants control their milk intake to match their appetite and growth rate, taking what they need when they need it, and can show a wide variety of feeding patterns.
06 Oct 2014
