Baby Nest

Individualised infant feeding consultations for Breastfeeding and Bottle-feeding preparation in pregnancy.

Help for all Parents

Whether you are having your first baby or are further along on your parenting journey, My Independent Midwife provides exceptional, caring, and qualified infant feeding preparation and education. We offer one-to-one services in the comfort of your home or at our private maternity hub in Ellesmere Port. We will tailor the infant feeding preparation programme to you and family's requirements.

Our Service

We offer a comprehensive consultation where we will hear your concerns, listen to your previous infant feeding experience and build upon your existing knowledge.

The aim of the session is to ensure you get the insight and knowledge you need to enjoy a positive feeding and bonding experience with your baby.

Breastfeeding Preparation and education

Our individualised and comprehensive breastfeeding preparation programme aims to build on your existing breastfeeding experience and knowledge.

By the end of the session you will:

Understand the benefits of breastfeeding
Know how breastfeeding works
Know how to position and feed the baby at the breast
Understand how to identify if your baby is getting enough breast milk at each feed
Understand normal behaviour of a new born baby.
Know how to ensure your baby gets off to the best breastfeeding start
Know how to ensure your breasts make enough milk for your baby
Understand common breastfeeding problems and how to avoid them
Receive an antenatal colostrum harvesting kit and know how to express milk in pregnancy
Understand how to express milk once your baby is born, including the different types of breast pumps available.
Understand how to feed your baby expressed breast milk, using various feeding methods such as cup, bottle etc.
Understand how to store and prepare expressed breastmilk.

Every parent and family will be treated as an individual when receiving feeding support from us and any feeding advice or plans that we provide will always reflect your unique needs and circumstances. We take pride in having a non-judgemental approach towards helping you and your baby to achieve your breastfeeding goals.

If this is not your first pregnancy you may wish to spend some time discussing your previous feeding experience and challenges, to better understand why they happened and how to ensure a positive feeding experience when your baby is born. This is a really important part of your feeding consultation and can be a very beneficial and powerful process towards achieving a successful breastfeeding journey with your new baby.

Bottle-Feeding Preparation and Education Sessions

We know that just like with breastfeeding, some parents would like to know more about bottle-feeding. For various reasons parent choose to bottle-feed their baby's with formula or with expressed breast milk. There is an assumption that if a parent is choosing to bottle-feed then they don't need any help or support. My Independent Midwife know that this isn't always the case and indeed parents who bottle-feed often need as much help and support as their breastfeeding peers.

Our individualised and comprehensive bottle-feeding preparation programme aims to build on your existing bottle-feeding experience and knowledge.

By the end of the session you will:

Understand how to ensure you and your baby get off to a great start including bonding.
Understand the differences between different feeding equipment and how to make the best choice for your needs.
Know how to correctly sterilise baby feeding equipment
Know how to safely prepare infant formula
Know how to safely store formula and expressed breast milk

Understand how to practice 'paced bottle-feeding'
Understand how to identify if your baby is getting enough milk at each feed
Understand normal behaviour of a new born baby.
Know different ways to wind your baby
Understand the differences between the different brands and types of formula milk available to buy.

Every parent and family will be treated as an individual when receiving feeding support from us and any feeding advice or plans that we provide will always reflect your unique needs and circumstances. We take pride in having a non-judgemental approach towards helping you and your baby to achieve your feeding goals.

Packages of Care

One to One appointments will last 2-3 hours depending on individual needs, they will be relaxed, unhurried and none-judgemental. Sessions are provided on a day and at a time convenient to you. We are able to provide weekday, evening and weekend appointments

Breast and bottle-feeding sessions

£150

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