BREASTFEEDING
- Breastfeeding provides the best source of natural nourishment your baby will get in the first few months of life
You are pregnant and your baby is expected in a few week's time; it's time to think about his or her feeding. Choosing how to feed your baby is a very important decision, which can affect both your and your baby's health.
Breast milk is the best way to feed a baby and it is the only natural way to feed your baby.
Nestlé is strongly committed to the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and has always emphasised the superiority of breast milk as far back as 1867, when Henri Nestlé said:
"During the first few months, the mother's milk will always be the most natural nutriment, and every mother able to do so, should herself suckle her child."
The following pages provide information and advice on breastfeeding your baby and any concerns you may have:
Benefits of breastfeeding
General advice
Possible concerns and difficulties that may be experienced during breastfeeding
Myths and facts
How does my breast function to produce breast milk?
Getting started with breastfeeding
Breastfeeding patterns
Expressing milk and Back to work
