In this episode, Susie discusses the topic of oversupply, or making too much milk for your baby. After listening to this episode you will understand the signs and symptoms of oversupply and what we can do about it. You don't need to suffer in silence with this frustrating breastfeeding issue! Susie speaks candidly about milk supply in a way that is simple to understand and easy to listen to! For more tips visit Susie on Instagram @susieproutlactation

In this episode I interview Hannah Willsmore. Hannah is a Registered Midwife, childbirth educator and hypnobirthing coach, in Adelaide, South Australia. We chat candidly about breastfeeding issues when women come home from hospital after having their baby. The lack of support and education that some women experience and how this can wreck havoc on your feeding goals. We chat about what breastfeeding really looks like in those early weeks and how you can set your self up for success! Sleep deprivation, attachment, supply and what demand feeding really is! You can find Hannah on Instagram @hannahwillsmoremidwife or www.hannahwillsmore.com

Christmas with babies should be a happy, special time for you and your new little family, however this is not always the case. It can be very overwhelming. Susie shares with you her top tips for managing family expectations (think too many well intended family members wanting to hold baby). As well as her top tips for feeding, sleep, reconnecting with your baby, managing emotions and how to put your baby first. Learning how to put you and your baby first this Christmas can turn an overwhelming situation into a wonderful one.

Perceived low milk supply is one of the most common reasons that women stop breastfeeding. In this episode, your host Susie Prout is going to step you through the most common myths about milk supply, so that after listening to this episode, you will know the correct information surrounding milk supply. Susie discusses breast size, breast fullness, unsettled babies, frequency of feeding and much more. This is a must listen for all pregnant and breastfeeding mums.

In this episode, Jenna - a Registered Midwife and myself have a candid and honest conversation about the roadblocks that new mothers can come up against when learning how to breastfeed their new baby. Jenna and I have both worked with new mothers in Australian maternity hospitals for many years. We discuss Caesarean Sections and how this can affect feeding in the early days, and what you can do about this. We discuss normal newborn behaviour, antenatal expressing, how frequent newborns like to feed, what to do if baby won't attach and much more. Listen in to gain an insight on how midwives candidly chat with each other about these issues! Jenna is the founder of Ice Ice Booby - an Australian company that produce specifically designed remedial gel-bead ice and heat packs to help new mums in the pregnancy, postnatal and breastfeeding period. Instagram @ice_ice_booby and www.iceicebooby.com.au

In this episode, your host, midwife and Lactation Consultant, Susie Prout, speaks about the sharp drop in breastfeeding rates in Australia from birth to 3 months. We are failing new mothers and we need to make changes. Susie speaks candidly about her experience and knowledge on why new mothers are not continuing breastfeeding, and it is not the mothers fault. This issue is multifactorial and widespread and we need to be honest about where we are going wrong as a society. This is a must listen for mums to be, new mothers and health professionals in the field.

In this episode I interview Marike Knight. Marike is a mum of a little boy called Luka. She is also a mindfulness consultant and the founder and director of Cool Karma Collected. You can find Marike on Instagram @cool.karma.collected and www.coolkarmacollected.com Marike shares her breastfeeding journey with Luka and how the first 3 or so months were an absolute dream. Where she threw away the books and just read her baby. Marike tried to really simplify her fourth trimester with just her, Luka and her husband. You can see her experience in mindfulness and wellbeing really shine through in her words Marike also explains how things unravelled a little bit when a family member came to stay and she started to question her milk supply. Marike leads us through her expressing and her changing to formula, and she wonders whether her lack of belief in her body added to her perception of her milk being 'enough' for her baby.

In this episode I interview Dr Erin Bowe. Erin is a clinical and perinatal psychologist that specialises in birth trauma, and more specifically birth worker trauma. I am thrilled to interview Erin as not only does she have incredible knowledge and expertise on birth and breastfeeding trauma, she is also a mum of two little girls. Erin experienced her own trauma with not one but two traumatic births, and then went on to have two very different breastfeeding experiences. Erin's first breastfeeding experience was extremely difficult, from incredible pain and attachment issues that it got to the point where she chose to exclusively pump and feed her baby expressed breastmilk from the bottle; to a much more positive experience feeding her second. One that did not come easy though, this took a lot of work and education starting in pregnancy. Erin kindly also gives the listeners some advice and pearls of wisdom about overcoming birth and breastfeeding trauma. You can find Erin on Instagram @doctorerinbowe and her website www.doctorerin.com.au Erin also runs the podcast Birth Trauma Training for Birth Workers.

In this episode I interview birth and postnatal doula Karli Smith. Karli is a mum of two, living in Melbourne. She runs her doula business Karli Smith Doula. Karli is a passionate birth worker, educated, knowledgeable and speaks so well. Karli shares her two breastfeeding journeys. We talk about oversupply and overactive letdown and how she effectively managed this with hand expressing and block feeding. We talk demand feeding and myths about milk supply, and weaning and going back to work and much, much more. Karli and I also delve into the possible reasons why the breastfeeding rates are dropping so fast from birth to 3 months. What is happening in Australian culture these days making it so hard for new mothers in that fourth trimester. You can find Karli on Instagram @karlismith.doula and www.karlismith.com

In this episode I interview Tina Pullen on her 2 breastfeeding journeys. Tina is a mum of two and a hypnobirthing Australia Practitioner. She runs her own hypnobirthing business The Birth Collective. Tina shares her 2 breastfeeding journeys with us, which includes dealing with some initial breast attachment issues and how she overcame that, and reflux which caused some definite sleep deprivation. We also discuss baby led weaning, demand feeding and one very fast feeder! Tina discusses how her parenting has evolved since the birth of her first baby and how her mindset and instinctive ways have helped her be in the moment and enjoy this stage of parenting 2 little ones. It is so interesting! You can find Tina on Instagram @the.birth.collective and www.thebirthcollective.com.au Disclaimer: Please see www.rednose.org.au to get the latest information about safe sleeping for infants.