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Clinical Breastfeeding Handouts for Midwives, Doulas & Lactation Professionals

A reusable library of 17 evidence-based feeding handouts designed for real clinical practice.

Parent-ready, evidence-based handouts you can print, send, or hand over — so families leave calmer.

Used by midwives, doulas, lactation consultants and infant feeding professionals who want consistent, confident care — even on the hardest days.

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What this gives you in real life

  • Clear, consistent explanations families can re-read at home

  • Less time writing feeding plans from scratch

  • Confidence that your advice won’t be misunderstood or diluted

  • One purchase — keep using. Includes professional reuse rights: print, email, or leave with clients

 

Use these with my clients

What this gives you in real life

  • Clear, consistent explanations families can re-read at home

  • Less time writing feeding plans from scratch

  • Confidence that your advice won’t be misunderstood or diluted

  • A calmer you — even when the baby isn’t calm

 

Use these with my clients

Inside the library

 

Early feeding challenges
• 7 steps for sleepy babies
• Helping babies who are stressed around the breast
• My baby is not feeding — what can I do?
• Feeding cues: early to late

Milk supply & protection
• The formula top-up trap
• Switch feeding
• How do I know my baby is getting enough?
• How to know my baby is having a good feed?

Breast & nipple care
• Sore nipple basics
• Nipple shields: pros, cons, and how to use
• Nipple shields: how to stop using
• Treating blockages and breast inflammation (written + visual versions)

Practical feeding tools
• Paced bottle feeding
• Feeding, expressing, output and top-up tracking log
• Storage of expressed breast milk
• Co-bathing with baby to get breastfeeding back on track

Each handout is written in parent-safe language and designed to be used without additional explanation.

 

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If you’re the kind of practitioner who wants families to feel held — not overwhelmed — this was made for you.