Bump2Breast Lactation

14/10/2025

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23/09/2025

💫Infant Sleep Information Session💫

What if I told you there’s an approach that doesn’t involve strict schedules or crying it out?

This session on The Possums Approach to Infant Sleep offers a holistic, gentle, evidence-based approach that works with your baby’s biology, not against it.

I will focus on key principles:
• Working with Biology: Understanding and respecting your baby’s natural sleep rhythms.
This program is about empowering you to feel confident and connected.
• Cued Care: Responding to your baby’s signals, not a clock.
• Daytime is Key: Fostering rich sensory experiences during the day to support your babies needs

Details:
✨ Tuesday October 14th
✨ 10am til 12pm
✨ $55 per person
✨ 55 Marshall Street, Machans Beach
***Limited to 10 spots

You’ll leave with a greater understanding of how babies sleep, helping give you the confidence to navigate the minefield that is infant sleep.

Ready to find a more peaceful rhythm in motherhood? Reach out and book your spot via btpmidwifery@gmail.com

16/09/2025

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-16/virgin-australia-apologises-mother-pumping-breast-milk/105779738?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

Mother-of-two Elise Turner says she was asked to leave the Virgin Australia business lounge after refusing to go to a bathroom to pump breast milk.

13/08/2025

Cairns Mums And Bubs & Mareeba Mothers And Midwives Alliance this one is for you! 🙌🏼

Cairns is going on sale tomorrow!

Gold Coast has 8 spots left and the Tablelands will be on sale soon.
If you signed up for message notifications you should have received one for QLD today. Haven’t signed up yet? Comment photoshoot below

07/08/2025

Sharing this fabulous information as almost every dyad I have consulted with this week has been sized at a minimum of 21mm & none of them were even remotely close to that!! 🥴😩

It's been a while since I've done a fl**ge sizing reminder post.

When I first started this business, I used the rule of 'measure the ni**le and add 4mm'. I knew that smaller than the 'standard' size was better, but I still dread to think of how many people I oversized using that rule!

But in 2020 I decided to let people test out fl**ges in person (without them needing to purchase them). And I learnt that most people preferred a fl**ge that was much smaller than I originally thought. And I become unafraid to test out even smaller that what you might think possible and the results were surprising

The mothers seem to prefer a much smaller fl**ge than many probably even though possible.

I learnt by getting feedback and letting people come again and again to test out sizes. And in most cases going smaller was better.

I am so confident that mothers need smaller than I no longer sell anything bigger than 21mm (I do have some on hand for the 1500 mothers in the last 5 years and while I don't get feedback for everyone, the vast majority of the feedback I do get is overwhelmingly positive.

Interestingly, 1-2mm too big can be worse than way too big - my theory is because just a bit too much of ar**la is being pulled in and this causes the vast majority of issues.

Of course, if something is not broken, you don't need to fix it - but if you are having issues with expressing, go smaller - and if you are still having issues, go smaller again!

www.cherishedparenting.com.au/fl**ge-sizing-guide

06/08/2025

Do any of the herbs thought to boost lactation have scientific backing? Yes. This 2025 systematic review analyzes the effects of malunggay (moringa oleifera) on milk volumes and prolactin levels. Its consistently positive findings set this botanical apart from the rest. Free download here:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40724308/

05/08/2025

05/08/2025

Let's discuss silver nursing cups. The benefits of using silver cups are due to its mechanical cover effect, and creating a moist hypoxic environment. Silver nursing cups have been embraced by women worldwide, and research has confirmed they speed the healing of ni**le wounds. One study found using silver cups during late pregnancy reduced ni**le trauma in that group. However, Lactation Consultants are seeing adverse effects from misuse of silver ni**le cups if use instructions are not followed. Eg. if the cups are filled with breast milk the ni**le and ar**la can become over-moist, causing maceration/breakdown of the skin. The makers recommend taking breaks from wearing them to reduce the risk of skin maceration.
The silver cups can also cause tissue compression around the mother’s ar**la, which occurs as the breast refills and enlarges prior to each breastfeed. The compression ring can lead to inflammation and blocked ducts in the surrounding zone, potentially resulting in mastitis. Avoiding tight fitting nursing bras and removing the cups an hour or so before breastfeeds can reduce the incidence of ar**la compression.
The maker’s advice about cleaning the cups frequently needs to be followed to ensure their safety. After each breastfeed the cups should be rinsed with warm water to remove milk residue. Apart from breastmilk rubbed gently into the ni**le, other ni**le skin treatments should not be used with the silver cups. A mild soap such as handwash liquid can be used to clean the cups. They should not be put in the dishwasher, scrubbed with scourers or exposed to bleach sterilisers. Tarnishing of the silver surface is normal and can be treated with baking soda and water, rinsed and gently dried.
A Board Certified Lactation Consultant can guide mothers to avoid ni**le trauma by teaching positioning and attachment techniques which suit their unique breast and baby.

02/08/2025

💛 Tube Feeding is Breastfeeding Too 💛

Breastfeeding doesn’t always look the way we expect.

Sometimes it’s not at the breast.
Sometimes it’s through a tube, a syringe, or a bottle.
Sometimes it takes pumps, schedules, and an incredible amount of perseverance.

But it’s still breastfeeding.
It’s still love.
It’s still nourishment... physically and emotionally.

For the mamas holding pump parts in one hand and feeding tubes in the other…
For the babies being nourished in ways the world doesn’t always see…
For the families making it work, even when it’s hard…

You are seen. You are celebrated. You are breastfeeding. 💛

Happy World Breastfeeding Week 2025

This photo was from our beautiful ABP session in Geelong today!