Episode 3 – Lets talk Breastfeeding with Tamika Newman IBCL

Are you planning to breastfeed your baby? Did you know that your lactation journey starts as early on as the first trimester and that your labour, birth and the first week postpartum sets the foundation and determines the longevity of your breastfeeding success?

In this episode, I’m joined with International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) Tamika Newman. Tamika currently works as a private practicing IBCLC on the Gold Coast, Australia. She has practiced as a Registered Nurse and Midwife since 2005 and has worked in a large tertiary hospital setting for over 10 years. In recent years she has completed training in Orofacial Myology to expand her knowledge and clinical skill base. She has a special interest in oral restrictions, re- lactation, gut health/human microbiome, epigenetic’s as well as biologically normal infant sleep and feeding practices.

This is a fun conversation where we explore;

• What colostrum is and why is it so important.
• The physiological changes that occur immediately following birth that impacts our milk production and the changes that occur in the first few days and months Postpartum.
• The importance of demand feeding and how you feed in those first few days postpartum lays the path for the longevity of your breastfeeding journey!
• How our culture normalises dysfunction
• What are biologically normal feedings patterns
• Interventions during labour and birth and how they affect milk production and breastfeeding
• The hormonal orchestra of labour and birth that is perfectly designed for breastfeeding.
• What we can do to enhance our breastfeeding hormones
• Why immediate skin to skin after birth is so important
• When intervention occurs and there is separation at birth of Mum and Baby what we can do to facilitate bonding and breastfeeding

And so much more…

About Tamika Newman

Tamika currently works as a private practice IBCLC on the Gold Coast, QLD. She has practiced as a Registered Nurse and Midwife since 2005 and worked in a large tertiary hospital setting for over 10 years.

Tamika qualified as an IBCLC in 2010 and she currently works with a large case load to support families both in Australia and Internationally.

She is incredibly passionate about supporting women on their breastfeeding journey and bringing it back to what is biologically normal when it comes to sleep and breastfeeding.

Check out Tamika Newman’s work over at www.tamikanewmanibclc.com

Follow Tamika on Instagram

Episode Resources

https://thepregnancycollective.com.au/what-is-skin-to-skin-and-why-should-it-be-in-my-birth-plan/

Dr Sarah Buckley – Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering and her studies her PhD on the hormones of labour

https://sarahbuckley.com/hormonal-physiology-and-more/

Book Recommendations

Dr James McKenna

Dr Nils Bergman

Anni Gethin and Beth Macgregor – Helping Your Baby To Sleep – Why Gentle Techniques Work Best

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