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What is the importance of a breastfeeding preparation course and what do you learn in it?

Most women take a childbirth preparation course, but very few are familiar with the breastfeeding preparation course.

Is it worthwhile to invest in breastfeeding before they give birth?

Here are some reasons to convince you

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• Birth

• nursing

Daniel Sarantsky, in collaboration with JAMA

Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 10:59

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Quite a few pregnancies are beginning to hear ahead of the birth about the importance of learning and preparing for one of the most challenging roles after childbirth - breastfeeding.

However, it is not inconceivable that the question arises as to why you should prepare yourself for something that cannot be prepared for, at the moment, completely.

After all, the baby is not here yet and even if you change and know all the material - nothing compares to a real experience with your baby.

So true, this is still not a real practical practice in breastfeeding, but there are quite a few issues that you should know before the baby is born so that you can behave properly, increase your chances of connection and success, identify difficulties and address them ahead of time.

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Tamar Michaeli, breastfeeding consultant at ibclc - Baby Lease Hotel, recommends not giving up a preparation course for breastfeeding or a meeting with a pre-birth breastfeeding consultant (in the last trimester of pregnancy), and explains why.

It is important to emphasize that even those who are not sure she wants to breastfeed should learn about the benefits of breastfeeding and what its importance is to the health of the baby.

Many women change their minds at this point and look at breastfeeding differently.

Prepare for breastfeeding before giving birth.

Breastfeeding woman (Photo: ShutterStock)

So why should you take a breastfeeding preparation course?

First, knowledge is power.

The more you know, the more prepared you will be and the more challenges you will face and the help you will need when you need it.

Second, it is a tangible reminder to coordinate expectations with those around you, ask them to support breastfeeding and help with whatever you need.

In addition, pregnancies that take a breastfeeding preparation course tend to be more successful in the moment of truth.

What actually happens in a breastfeeding preparation course?

Start the conversation. In the meeting you will talk with the breastfeeding instructor about the first days after birth, how to proceed to establish breastfeeding, what challenges exist along the way, how to handle certain medical conditions and what to turn on a red light, what to do if breastfeeding does not work exactly as planned and more.

Next, talk about what a baby's natural behavior is, how you will even recognize that he wants to suckle, how many times he should suckle in a day, how much pee and poop should be expected of a baby to do in the first few days, how big a baby's stomach is and how much he really needs to eat. You will learn about the primary milk - colostrum - and its importance for the baby's health as well as different breastfeeding positions and proper connection to the breast and discuss the question of the questions - pacifier, yes or no? Apart from the "principals", in the preparation course for breastfeeding we talk about a different and no less important direction - your mind: why you should expect postpartum days, fatigue, mood and more.

Bottom line, breastfeeding is undoubtedly a natural action for both mother and baby, but it is not free of physical, mental and family challenges.

As you do not get pregnant alone - you can not breastfeed without support, and this message resonates in any breastfeeding preparation course you turn to.

Even if you have breastfed in the past, you should consider refreshing your memory in order to increase your chances of success in the next breastfeeding for your own good.

The Jama app was established with the aim of addressing mothers of babies from birth to age three, and centralizing for them content, activities, tips from experts and videos that will accompany them throughout this challenging period.

All the content in the app "grows" together with the baby and is precisely adapted to its developmental stages, so that the mothers receive only what is relevant to them and interests them at any given moment.

The Jama app is the place for mothers in Israel to meet and get to know other mothers around them, and create new and exciting friendships in the fascinating journey.

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