Breastfeeding is purely natural, healthy and intimate! Dé Provinciale Kraamzorg offers you all the support to make breastfeeding a success and a pleasure. No artificial infant formula can match the unique properties of breast milk. And breastfeeding provides a special bond between mother and baby, a bond that only a mother can provide.
Breast milk contains everything a baby needs: protein, fat, lactose, vitamins, iron, minerals, water and enzymes, in the precise quantities needed for optimal growth and development.
Breastfeeding reduces bleeding after childbirth and reduces the risk of anaemia.
Breastfeeding usually goes without a hitch, but sometimes there are circumstances that make it a bit more difficult and during which you could use some extra help or advice. You can then count on one of our three specially trained lactation consultants. They have the IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) international lactation consultant diploma and are affiliated with the NVL (Dutch Association of Lactation Consultants).
Our maternity carers can give you tips and advice in case breastfeeding doesn’t start off well. Need more support? Then our lactation consultants can help you. Miranda de Poorter is one of our IBCLC lactation consultants and she discusses in this interview what she can do for you.
