Speakers: Dr. Taru Jindal, Ms. Shilpi Malhotra, Dr. Surabhi Sangwai and Dr. Pooja Singhania (Nourish 1000 Days)
Date:1st August 2021
Dr Jindal discussed about breast crawl, purchasing pump, feeding pillow, nursing garments, etc. She also discussed about early feeding and colostrum, latching and various positions for feeding. Dr. Surabhi discussed breastfeeding frequency, duration of each feed, both sides or one and how long to breastfeed. Ms. Shilpi discussed about role of family post-delivery and alternative forms of feeding the baby (such as using expressed milk) when the mother is unwell. Dr. Singhania enumerated benefits of breast milk, disadvantages of formula milk, risk associated with bottle milk and providing emotional and psychological support to a new mother.
This free training webinar was conducted in association with Niramaya Foundation and Nourish 1000 days to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.