THE HEGEN BLOG

Breastfeeding is something that most mothers find special about entering motherhood and caring for their new bundle of joy. While breastfeeding sounds like it is a natural instinct a mum would have, here are 3 tips to help you prepare yourself to get your breastfeeding journey off to a good start.

An electric breast pump is one of the most useful gadgets you can have as a breastfeeding mother due to its convenience and efficiency. Is it really necessary especially if you are considering direct latching? Here are three key considerations to guide you in making this decision

It may be a surprise to find out that at only age 30, Evangeline Er is a Mum to four little ones, Solomon (7 years old), Alanna (5 years old), Dominic (3 years old) and Elliott (5 months)! As a young Mum, she holds many open and non-traditional views when it comes to all things related to motherhood, including breastfeeding. With experiences that run the gamut from delivering a breech baby naturally to eating sashimi and lifting weights during her pregnancies, this is definitely a Mum like no other!

When Kristen Kiong found out that she had PCOS at age 23 during a routine immunisation, not once did she think that it might one day impact her ability to breastfeed, what more her feelings about being a mother. In fact, conceiving was not easy when she got married at 27 as she used to have her periods only once every 7 months. She remembers  trying for a baby as an exercise in perseverance for herself and husband J. 

Charissa’s story is particularly unique, not because she struggled with breastfeeding initially but also because she had some problems getting baby to wean off the breast. Hers is truly a tale of gratitude and realisation that enabled her to give all that she could to baby Shao Qi with the love, understanding and commitment of husband Ken Goh as well as family, helper, friends, her bosses and the larger breastfeeding community.

No longer a spectator, new-age fathers are hands on from Day 1.

Direct latch first, pump when you are away from baby

A cheat sheet of great bites when you get pre- or post-breastfeeding munchies.