Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets

Kathryn has established herself as the leading voice in the support of breastfeeding twins and triplets in the UK. This valuable book is a much welcome opportunity to have that experienced voice alongside us in our practice. Her no-nonsense explanation of how milk production works and how early breastfeeding is established is gold for anyone who supports new families. Kathryn’s smart focused writing is interspersed with the voices of real parents. This is especially valuable when many of us may have little experience working with families of multiples. This book does what all great books for professionals should do: it provides evidence-based information in a format that is efficient and easy to translate into our work with families. – Emma Pickett IBCLC, writer and lactation consultant

Essential reading for parents wanting to breastfeed twins and triplets! It is written by an experienced lactation consultant, and specialist on the special issues facing parents when feeding more than one baby. The book is packed full of evidence-based practical information and hints on preparing to breastfeed including the initial challenges such as stimulating and maintaining milk supply, expressing milk, feeding both babies at the same time and the vital support of partners and families. Many twins and triplets are born early and spend their first weeks on neonatal units, which can present emotional and initial problems with feeding, but Kathryn Stagg gives positive strategies to overcome these difficulties, with stories from parents. The helpful, attractive illustrations help understanding of positioning babies and expressing milk.I found the emotional impact of expecting and relating to more than one baby are covered sensitively through parents’ stories and through the author being a parent of twins herself.

Kathryn Stagg is a breastfeeding counsellor and lactation consultant with the IBCLC (International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants), and the founder of the charity ‘Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets’. After having her own twins in 2005, Kathryn quickly discovered the limited resources available, and started supporting multiple birth families to breastfeed their babies, first as a breastfeeding peer supporter, then as a breastfeeding counsellor with the ABM, and now as an IBCLC. In 2015 she started the Breastfeeding Twins and Triplets UK Facebook group to help create a support group for UK-based parents.