The Rosie is committed to offering you support to establish breastfeeding/chestfeeding. It can be a rewarding and satisfying experience for both you and your baby. Sometimes, mothers and babies need a little more help and there is a wide support system in the community when you leave the hospital.
Benefits of breastfeeding and skin-to-skin
There are many benefits of breastfeeding/chestfeeding and skin-to-skin contact for both the parent and the baby.
Tips for successful breastfeeding/chestfeeding
Information about responsive feeding, feeding cues, breastfeeding positions and how to settle your baby.
Signs your baby is getting enough milk
How to find out if your baby is getting enough milk.
Breastfeeding multiples, babies with special needs and tongue tie
Information about breastfeeding twins and triplets, low tone and tongue tie.
Breast, chest and nipple concerns
Information on blocked milk ducts, mastitis, engorgement, exaggerated latch and nipple concerns.
Medication and Breastfeeding
Most medication are safe to take when breastfeeding, but it is always important to check first.
Expressing and storing milk
When and how to express milk from your breast/chest either by hand or by pump and how to store milk.
Bottle feeding
Information about bottle feeding.
Breastfeeding/chestfeeding support
Breastfeeding/chestfeeding support groups and helplines.
Feeding when your baby is in NICU
When your baby needs extra care in the NICU, feeding might feel different from what you expected.
Rosie Milk Bank
We are the Rosie Milk Bank, established for over 45 years as part of the Cambridge University Hospital's - Rosie Hospital.