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Explore the physiology of feeding, cortisol and stress, and some of the ways pregnancy and birth can shape what happens afterward.
BREAST/CHEST/BODY FEEDING
You deserve a better feeding experience.
Successful lactation starts before birth.
Preparing to feed a baby isn't only about learning what to do once the baby arrives. Birth, stress, expectations, support, and the transition into postpartum can all shape the feeding experience.
BBC Feeding helps you prepare for the whole experience—before birth.
$75
3 video modules · approximately 3 hours · 5 years access
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PREPARATION STARTS BEFORE BIRTH
Feeding doesn't begin when the baby arrives.
Your body is already preparing. And the physical and psychological processes involved in pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and feeding don't exist separately from one another.
What happens during birth can affect feeding. Stress and cortisol matter. Expectations matter. Support matters. How you understand what is happening matters.
BBC Feeding helps you explore those connections before you're trying to navigate them while also recovering from birth and caring for a new baby.
Preparing before birth gives you more than information. It gives you context for whatever comes next.
FEEDING IS MORE THAN MECHANICS
Your body doesn't stop being a body when the baby is born.
Feeding is physical. And hormonal. Psychological. Relational. Emotional.
BBC Feeding looks at the conditions surrounding feeding because the feeding experience is shaped by more than what happens between a baby and a breast or chest.
The mind-body relationship doesn't stop at childbirth.
WHOLE-PERSON PREPARATION
Feeding is a whole-person experience.
BBC Feeding helps you prepare for the physical, psychological, and contextual factors that can shape feeding before you're living them in real time.
Mind
Examine expectations, emotions, confidence, and the psychological pieces we don't always talk about when preparing to feed a baby.
Context
Consider known barriers to feeding, the support around you, and circumstances that can make feeding easier—or harder— than expected.
Use all the tools at your disposal to prepare for the obstacles we already know can affect feeding.
Success looks different for everyone. True success means reaching the end of your feeding experience without shame, guilt, or stigma.
INSIDE BBC FEEDING
Build your feeding toolkit before you need it.
Three focused video modules give you space to learn, reflect, and prepare with the people who may be supporting you after birth.
Learn.
Three video modules explore the physical, psychological, and contextual factors that can shape feeding.
Reflect.
Guided activities and reflection prompts help you connect what you're learning to your own expectations, needs, and circumstances.
Prepare together.
Resources for your support people help you think ahead about what support may look like once your baby arrives.
3 video modules · approximately 3 hours · guided activities ·
reflection prompts · support-person resources · 5 years access
IS BBC FEEDING FOR ME?
A supplement to feeding preparation—not a replacement for feeding care.
BBC Feeding is designed to help you understand more about what may shape feeding and to build tools before birth.
The goal isn't to prepare perfectly. It's to enter feeding with more understanding, more context, and more tools if reality doesn't match the plan.
BBC Feeding is:
- Whole-person feeding preparation
- Education you can begin during pregnancy
- Focused on breast, chest, and body feeding
- Attentive to body, mind, and context
- Useful on its own or alongside Mind-Body, Birth®
BBC Feeding isn't:
- A promise that feeding will go according to plan
- A measure of how committed you are to lactation
- Individualized medical or lactation care
- A replacement for an IBCLC or other appropriate provider
- A definition of feeding success based on one outcome
START BEFORE BIRTH
BBC Feeding
Breast/Chest/Body Feeding
A focused supplemental course designed to help you prepare for feeding as a whole-person experience before your baby arrives.
3 video modules
3 hours
Guided activities + reflection prompts
Resources for support people
5 years access
$75
Start BBC Feeding →
PREPARING FOR BIRTH + FEEDING?
BBC Feeding + Mind-Body, Birth®
Prepare for birth and feeding as connected experiences.
Mind-Body, Birth® prepares you for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum as a whole-person experience. BBC Feeding takes that same lens deeper into feeding.
Together, they help you prepare for birth and feeding as connected experiences rather than two separate events.
See the Full Preparation Bundle →
SUCCESSFUL LACTATION STARTS BEFORE BIRTH.
You deserve a better feeding experience. And that starts before birth.
You can't know exactly what feeding will look like before your baby arrives.
But you can understand more about what may shape the experience. You can prepare for known obstacles. You can build your toolkit and help the people around you understand how to support you.
Success may look different than you imagined. It should never come with shame, guilt, or stigma.
Start BBC Feeding — $75 →
