Attaching and Positioning at the breast

Top tip

• Your baby takes plenty of milk and grows
• You make plenty of milk
• You don’t develop problems such as sore nipples, blocked ducts or mastitis

There are lots of different positions for breastfeeding, you just need to check the following

Take a look at Unicef’s Baby Friendly video – Positioning and attachment:

or this video from Global Health Media. There are many more videos to support you at Global Health Media.

Good attachment really is the key to successful breastfeeding! It’s important to get this right so that: