Got Milk? The Very Best Lact-educational Experience on DVD.
Contrary to what I heard & read before my first child was born, breastfeeding isn’t always easy. Though I’ve exclusively nursed two children for a looooong time and it certainly got easy and wonderful and even blissful, it didn’t start out that way. Either time.
My memories of learning to nurse my first consist of requiring a nurse, my mom, my husband, a stool and a huge pillow in order to get him properly latched, and heaven forbid the pillow slip or the footstool not be in exactly the right position. The creams, the pain – OhGoodLordInHeaven the pain – it was all normal (for me) but it’s a good thing I was so committed to my children never having formula or I surely would have given up. Once the first 6-8 weeks passed and I was able to nurse him pain-free anywhere & anytime, it was just as amazing as I originally thought it would be from the beginning. Had I had the Simply Breastfeeding DVD with Shari Criso of My Baby Experts prior to giving birth, I would have been much more prepared and well educated.
The “breastfeeding educational program” is incredibly thorough. It runs 2 hours and comes on 2 discs. Part one addresses the benefits of breastfeeding for both you and your baby, and helps you establish a strong personal reason WHY you want to breastfeed, and part two teaches you exactly HOW to breastfeed. It’s organized into helpful chapters so it’s easy to skip to the topic you want or watch it straight through in one sitting.
Some of what you’ll learn from Simply Breastfeeding, as stated on Shari’s website:
* Amazing Benefits For Both You & Your Baby – that You Might Not Have Heard Before
* Exactly How to Hold Your Baby – with real Mom & Baby demonstrations
* How to Prevent the Unneccessary Nipple Pain You Hear About in Other Mom’s Horror Stories
* Exactly How Much Milk Your Baby Needs Each Day During the First Few Weeks, As Well As Signs and Clues for You to Follow to Make Sure Your Baby is Getting Enough Milk
* How and When to Give Your Baby a Bottle
* How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake that Most Parents Make in the Hospital….
Whether you have a lactation consultant available to you or not, and whether you take a breastfeeding class or not (and no, the half hour devoted to it in prenatal class doesn’t count), this DVD will be invaluable to you in your quest to breatfeed your child. I’ve pretty much been nursing for three years straight, and even I learned some new things about those little newbies that make me feel like I’m in labour all over again.
The My Baby Experts blog has lots of great information for all parents – lactating or not.
Buy it from Amazon or the My Baby Experts site for $40.
Win it! We’re giving away a copy of this awesomely awesome DVD set. To enter, leave a comment before noon mst on May 22, 2009.
CONTEST CLOSED & WINNER EMAILED
May 15th, 2009 at 12:40 am
I wish I knew about this DVD sooner… It’ll be a great gift for a soon-to-be parents that I know. Thanks for a chance.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:54 am
I wish every mom was required to watch a dvd like this before having a baby. I know not everyone can breastfeed but I hate hearing stories where moms don’t breastfeed because they were uninformed or not supported enough.
May 15th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Sounds like a good program
May 15th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Sounds like exactly what I need. What a wonderful product.
May 15th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Oh I need this! I volunteer as a breastfeeding councilor in Ottawa and this would be such a great resource!
May 16th, 2009 at 12:12 am
I’d love the chance to win this. Hope it’s not a problem that I don’t live in Canada – I’m in Australia. I haven’t seen anything like this anywhere locally.
May 16th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Wow…that is something I wish I had read before I had started to nurse my first child and something that I will keep in mind before I have my second.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Yay!!! I’m a doula, and this would be an incredible resource to recommend to Momma’s. It’s so imprtant to know a bit about it BEFORE there’s a starving, squacking baby begging for milk!
May 16th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Wow you are so right! I find I forget between babies how hard it is to start a breastfeeding relationship with a new born. What a valuable tool!
May 16th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Not at all – worldwide entries are welcome unless we state otherwise.
May 17th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I’d love to give this as a gift!
May 17th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I have a friend who just had a baby and she’s having some trouble with the feeding process. I would love to be able to give this to her.
May 19th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
I was able to read some good books on breast feeding, but a DVD would have helped me to really understand the positions beforehand!
I, too, was determined to breast feed my babies and with the first child, I would have given up before the very long month and a half plus of pain if it had not been for my stubbornness and desire for my children to receive the healthiest form of nourishment possible.
Women are definitely right when they say that breast feeding is natural but doesn’t quite come naturally.
One of my sisters-in-law is pregnant with her first and I bet this would be a good resource for her. Glad I came across your site! Thanks!
May 19th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
This sounds like an excellent resource. I sure could have used it 15 months ago, but would put it to good use down the road.
May 19th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
we are expecting our first in a little over a month and this would be a great help, thanks for the chance to win it!
May 20th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
This would be a great gift for my expectant sister in law.
May 21st, 2009 at 9:31 am
My mom died in March, and I’m having a baby in two months. I don’t know what to do regarding breastfeeding and this sounds great!
May 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am
I could use this… We have 6 friends expecting and just found out we are too! We could have a viewing party for the moms-to-be!
May 21st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
way cool add me please
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:03 am
My wife is due in Sept…she would love this!
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Thanks for the GREAT giveaway
please count me in
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:01 pm
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