Show Notes
Olivia Hinge is back, and this time your questions lead the way.
Part 1 covers the early weeks of feeding: the sleepy baby who drifts off at the breast, the latch that looks right but still hurts, the weigh-in that leaves you second-guessing, and the evenings when your baby wants to feed on and off for hours. NHS midwife and lactation consultant Olivia Hinge answers each one calmly and practically, and almost every answer starts in the same place: look at the whole picture, not just one moment.
In this episode:
✔️ Is my baby's poor sleep because of my milk supply? Where to start ✔️ Helping a sleepy baby feed: skin to skin, no gaps, and the foot-stroke trick ✔️ Breast compressions, the most underrated feeding technique ✔️ When the latch looks good but still hurts, and what to check first ✔️ Tongue tie: why releasing it should be the last piece of the jigsaw ✔️ Assisted births, bodywork, and the gentle power of baby massage ✔️ Normal tenderness or time for help? Clear signs to know ✔️ Chin first, not nose to nipple: a small shift that changes the latch ✔️ A slow return to birth weight, and why big babies sometimes "catch down" ✔️ Topping up: formula, expressed milk, and why triple feeding should be short ✔️ Cluster feeding: why evenings are the hardest, and when to get it checked ✔️ Growth spurts, mental leaps, and why green poos can be perfectly normal
No fear, no pressure. Options to consider, not the way you have to do it.
About our guest: Olivia Hinge is an NHS midwife, lactation consultant, author and mum of three. Her first episode in our pilot series was one of our most listened-to, so we brought her back to answer the questions you sent in after it.
Coming next week, Part 2: pumping and flange fit, milk storage, mastitis and blocked ducts, the thrush myth, starting solids, night feeds, breastfeeding through pregnancy, and Olivia's tiny big joy.
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