When I teach the feeding class to my antenatal course I always ask what their plans or hopes are for feeding their baby. The answers are varied but usually include that they would like to breastfeed or they hope or plan to try to breastfeed. Often they aren't confident they will breastfeed because they know people who have had difficult journeys before.   What can you do before your baby arrives to make sure that you can succeed in the feeding journey you want to have?   This

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