25. How to wean your toddler, with your host, Susie Prout
In this episode Susie will go through with you how to stop breastfeeding your toddler if that is what you are trying to do.
Apr 02, 2020•25 min
The Australian Breastfeeding Podcast
Each week, Susie Prout, a Registered Midwife and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, will interview new mothers on their breastfeeding journeys.
Susie will unpack all things breastfeeding; whether that be expressing, mixed feeding, going back to work, moving on when breastfeeding doesn't work out. If it has to do with feeding your baby - Susie will cover it!
This podcast is for mums to be to learn about the everyday issues surrounding feeding your baby, this is for new mothers to understand that we are all going through the same issues and we are all coming through on the other side. Susie hopes that health professionals listening will gain insight and knowledge into the everyday troubles breastfeeding mothers are experiencing.
Because we need to talk about breastfeeding more...
Find Susie at
www.susieproutlactation.com or on Instagram @susieproutlactation
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24. Corona Virus and breast milk - what you need to know, with your host Susie Prout
Your host Susie Prout has gathered all the expert guidelines and knowledge and in this episode will explain to you what you need to know if you are breastfeeding and have a diagnosed or suspected case of corona virus.
Mar 26, 2020•10 min
23. Breastfeeding and Biting, with your host Susie Prout
Breastfed babies and childred can and do bite! There is almost always a reason for this that can be easily fixed. In this episode Susie will explain the 3 reasons why babies bite what you can do to fix it!
Mar 18, 2020•10 min
22. Breastfeeding and alcohol, with your host Susie Prout
Does alcohol go through to breastmilk? How much alcohol goes through to breastmilk? How long does it stay in there for? Can you breastfeed after drinking? What else do we need to know surrounding this controversial topic? In this episode Susie delves into this topic and will answer all your burning questions! Disclaimer: While Susie is a Registered Midwife, she is not YOUR midwife. This episode is based on Susies point of view. Please seek appropriate advice from your health care provider regard...
Mar 11, 2020•17 min
21. What to buy and what not to buy, for your new baby, with Natasha Sau
In this episode I teamed up with Natasha Sau from the Welcome to Motherhood Podcast. Natasah is a fellow midwife and mother of 4. Together we have 7 children between us and many years experience working as midwives. Therefore we are very experienced in what you ACTUALLY need and don't need for your new baby! Do you really need that fancy pram? What about baby toys? Do baby girls need frilly dresses?! We discuss it all! You can find Natasha on Instagram @welcometomotherhoodpodcast
Mar 04, 2020•22 min
20. All about breast pumping, with Melissa Guerriero
In this episode I interview Melissa Guerriero. Melissa runs the very popular Instagram account @pump_momma_pump whereby she supports, educates and encourages pumping / expressing mums. Melissa is highly experienced in all things related to breast pumping. We chat about how to choose the best pump for you and why, how to increase your milk supply, and what the biggest misconceptions there are out there with exclusively expressing. We also discuss going back to work and work place wins and hassles...
Feb 26, 2020•31 min
19. Breastfeeding expert chat with Emma Pickett, the dangerous game of feeding intervals
In this episode I interview IBCLC Emma Pickett. Emma is a highly sort after IBCLC in the UK. I first came across Emma when reading her blog and more specifically the article The Dangerous Game of the Feeding Interval Obsession. This article has had MILLIONS of downloads and I highly recommend it, you can find it at https://www.emmapickettbreastfeedingsupport.com/twitter-and-blog/the-dangerous-game-of-the-feeding-interval-obsession Emma and I chat about demand feeding, cluster feeding, normal new...
Feb 19, 2020•27 min
18. Birth, breastfeeding and the first year, with Yasmin Darwish
In this episode I interview Yasmin Darwish. Yasmin has an 11 month old daughter Tilly. She is also a Kinesiologist and Speaker and owns her own business Yasmin Darwish Kinesiologist. Yasmin candidly shares her birth, breastfeeding and postnatal story with us. We discuss everything from nipple pain and breastfeeding attachment issues, to managing visitors in those early days. We discuss demand feeding all the way through to her decision to gently wean Tilly from the breast. Yasmin goes through ho...
Feb 12, 2020•31 min
17. The Top Up Trap
This is a must listen for all pregnant and new breastfeeding mummas! There is a way to top up (or give a bottle of expressed breastmilk or formula after a breastfeed) without causing your breasts to start making less milk! Sometimes we need to top our baby up with some more milk and that is ok! We just need to protect our breastmilk supply and I will go through this with you! The top up trap - it doesn't need to be a trap!
Feb 05, 2020•16 min
16. Cleft lip and palate and feeding a baby with complex needs, with Jessica Tutton
In this episode I interview Jessica Tutton. Jess is a mum of three little boys and lives in Perth, Western Australia. Jess has so kindly shared her parenting journey with me. When Jess was 20 weeks pregnant with her first child she found out that he had a rare craniofacial syndrome called Goldenhar syndrome. He also had a cleft lip and cleft palate. Jess talks us through her experience from his birth, through navigating the neonatal intensive care unit, to taking him home and managing his ongoin...
Jan 29, 2020•25 min
15. Understanding oversupply of milk, with your host, Susie Prout
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
Jan 22, 2020•15 min
14. Midwife to Midwife chat about breastfeeding, with Hannah Willsmore
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 depriv...
Jan 15, 2020•30 min
13. Tips for managing your baby's first Christmas, with your host, Susie Prout
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 s...
Dec 18, 2019•13 min
12. The most common milk supply myths busted, with your host Susie Prout
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.
Dec 11, 2019•20 min
11. Midwife to midwife, honest conversation about newborn breastfeeding issues, with Jenna from Ice Ice Booby
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 f...
Dec 04, 2019•30 min
10. Why breastfeeding is failing, with your host Susie Prout
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 fo...
Nov 27, 2019•21 min
9. Fourth trimester, milk supply, and mindfulness, with Marike Knight
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 ...
Nov 20, 2019•26 min
8. Overcoming birth and breastfeeding trauma, with Dr Erin Bowe
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...
Nov 13, 2019•47 min
7. Oversupply, block feeding and expressing in pregnancy, with Karli Smith
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 m...
Nov 06, 2019•45 min
6. Instinctive parenting, baby led weaning and reflux, with Tina Pullen
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 pa...
Oct 30, 2019•34 min
5. Painful attachment, frequent feeding and exhaustion, with Penny Blunden
In this episode I interview Penny Blunden. Penny shares her breastfeeding journeys with her 2 little boys Rex and Jack. Penny breastfed both her boys for about a year, however she explains the hardships she had to go through in the early months, which included frequent feeding day and night, a bout of very painful attachment and exhaustion. Penny had severe hyperemesis with both her pregnancies and she explains how this left her feeling very depleted. Penny is a paediatric Registered Nurse and r...
Oct 23, 2019•31 min
4. Prematurity, learning to feed in the NICU, and expressing, with Helen Nightingale
In this episode I interview Helen. Helen is a Registered Midwife and is also the mum of one year old Emilia. Helen had a high risk pregnancy, being diagnosed with pre eclampsia and delivered her baby by caesarean section at 35 weeks, Emilia was born weighing in at just 1.6kg. I asked Helen to be a guest on the podcast as I knew she would be able to give the listeners some insight into learning to breastfeed and express with a baby in the NICU. Helen graciously shares her journey which includes n...
Oct 16, 2019•32 min
3. Silent reflux, initial weight loss and baby led verse mother led weaning, with your host Susie Prout
In this episode, rather than interviewing a guest, I am telling you my story of breastfeeding my three children. I will share my struggles with a delay in milk supply, which resulted in baby weight loss above the normal cut off and how I worked through that. I will share my journey with my first baby having silent reflux who was medicated and how some family and friends saw an unhappy baby and immediately thought he was a hungry baby. I will also discuss the different ways my babies have weaned ...
Oct 09, 2019•30 min
2. Delayed milk production, demand feeding and living away from loved ones, with Lucy Cox
In this episode I interview Lucy. Lucy is a mother of 3 boys, having successfully breastfed them all. She lets us in on her journey of delayed milk production early on, to the truths of demand feeding and how that really looks, to breastfeeding in public as an expat in different countries. We discuss breastfeeding goals and how they can change between children. Lucy is currently still breastfeeding her youngest son who is 12 months.
Oct 02, 2019•19 min
1. Tongue tie, mastitis and extended breastfeeding with Zahra Bowden Thioune
In this episode I interview a mother of 2 boys Zahra. Zahra lets us in on her breastfeeding journey with her first son, which included a tongue tie revision, mastitis which resulted in a breast abscess and initial problems with weight gain and attachment. She went on to successfully breastfeed her first son for over a year. Her second breastfeeding experience was very different from her first. It felt more natural, easy and instinctive from day one and she is currently still breastfeeding her ne...
Sep 25, 2019•21 min
0. Introduction to the Australian Breastfeeding Podcast
In this introduction, your host Susie Prout will tell you a little bit about herself and her expertise and how this podcast is going to unfold. We need to talk about breastfeeding more, everyday breastfeeding issues, candidly and honestly. Tune in every Thursday for another episode.
Sep 12, 2019•3 min
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