Breastfeeding & Returning to Work
Breastfeeding is a journey. You’ll hear good experiences, and you’ll hear some bloody difficult ones, too. And you know what else is a journey? Returning to paid work after time spent at home with your baby. New routines, new identities, and perhaps, some newly lactating boobs, too.
With the help of esteemed lactation consultant Joelleen Winduss Paye, this Go To Guide aims to demystify both preparing for breastfeeding when you’re navigating an already busy work schedule, and navigating everything that comes with breastfeeding when you return to paid work.
Created by Ready or Not and Witching Hour co-hosts Lucinda McKimm and Lauren Treweek, and ultimately, our incredibly collaborative community, this Go To Guide was created by parents, for parents. Because parenting is both beautiful and stressful, our hope is that this guide creates more space for the beauty and less space for the stress.
THIS GUIDE COVERS:
The most important things to know about breastfeeding
Breastfeeding nutrition: what you actually need to know
Questions to ask yourself if breastfeeding isn’t working out
Returning to work before and after six months and how to prepare for it
The all-consuming bottle refusal
The little black breastfeeding book, including discount codes to some of Joelleen’s favourite products
And SO much more
FINER DETAILS:
93-page downloadable pdf
Created by Lauren Treweek and Lucinda McKimm, in consultation with IBCLC & naturopath Joelleen Winduss Paye
While most of the content in this guide will work for a global audience, some information is specific to Australian residents
This Go To Guide is not to be treated as medical advice