Middee | Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Education
Introducing our Middee Mini Series - A four part podcast series brought to you by tooshies, GAIA & Milton. With some of Australia’s leading healthcare experts such as Dr Golly, Courtney Garland, Nicole Gleeson & Penny Douglas to bring you this educational mini series. This four part mini series has been designed to provide new & current parents with essential education regarding topics that all parents should be aware of such as normal & abnormal baby’s output, expressing breastmilk & safe sterilisation, infant skin conditions & the importance of baby massage.
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Today's episode:
Meet our next expert Courtney Garland from @mamalinc . Within this episode Courtney & Mon sit down to unpack everything to do with expressing, storage of breastmilk as well as how to best sterilise bottles, teats & expressing equipment. Both Courtney + Mon have worked with mothers across the maternity ward, at home & in the NICU and have seen just how many parents may need to express at some point in their feeding journey.But with this often comes with the questions & confusion regarding how long you can store breastmilk for or how/what do I sterilise.
What you can expect to learn in this episode
•When starting to express what should we consider first
•What are some of the indications why women may need to express
•Expressing in public
•Safe storage of breast milk
•Preparation of milk
•Sterilising equipment
If you loved what you heard and want to stay up to date with the latest interviews and midwifery education please hit the subscribe button and leave a 5 star review. If you wish to share your pregnancy and motherhood experience you can get in touch with me by emailing [email protected] and find us on instagram at @themiddeesociety or @monique_maitland. It is important to note that the topics discussed in this episode are not advice but rather education. If you have any concerns regarding your own pregnancy please seek medical advice from your own healthcare provider.