Why is optimal breastfeeding management so vital to mothers at risk for hypoplasia?
As we are well aware, many factors can be “bumps in the road” for all mothers and babies as they work to establish their breastfeeding relationships. Complications or interventions in the birth process, hospital policies that do not preserve mother-baby togetherness, anatomical irregularities in the baby (such as tongue tie or other structural abnormalities in the baby’s mouth), or simple lack of awareness of how “normal” breastfed babies should behave can all contribute to difficulties in establishing a mother’s milk supply or in a baby transferring adequate amounts of milk from the breast. These factors, taken individually, are almost always overcome with support and information, but when compounded with hypoplasia, they can have a very significant negative impact on how much milk a mother will ultimately produce for her baby. By offering information and support for optimal breastfeeding management–baby is fed on demand, mother and baby are comfortably positioned, the new family und
