Your story changes the advice
It's not about the fictional mum in the textbook, it's about you, your body, your baby, your choices.
"You don't want the same experience as everyone else. Even if you did, your body might have a completely different idea. The secret to finding what works best for you, is learning to work with what you have."
Your unique MumBo™
Small breasts, large breasts, small nips, large nips, flat nips, inverted, shy and wide.
Small baby, chubby baby, prem baby, long baby, late baby and every baby in between.
Exclusive breastfeeding, combination feeding, flexi-feeding, pump and bottle-feeding.
Your pregnancy, your labour, your birth, baby's position in the womb and what happened after your baby arrived.
There are so many intricate details that make your story yours.
So many variables that change the course of your breast feeding just a little this way or that.
So many different clues that your baby gives you, different ways that they behave and signal to you that they want a feed, have trapped gas, need to sleep, want a cuddle.
And then I hear someone say - 'Surely breastfeeding is natural, I'll just figure it out when baby arrives.'
Of course I hope that's true but experience has shown me again and again, that if you do, you're the exception not the rule.
When breastfeeding is approached differently, there's less room for vague scaremongering and more room for clarity that belongs to you.
That's what I bring to the breastfeeding field. Learning to work with the body and baby you have because you can't change it for something different. When you learn how to get the best for you and your baby, you're finally equipped with practical skills that make sense and make a difference.
Here's how we do it
You want breastfeeding to work. You want it to work for you, too.
You might be pregnant, wondering how to prepare when you don’t yet know what feeding will be like. Or already feeding, trying to understand why the advice you’ve followed hasn’t solved the problem.
You need to know what matters in your situation, what your options are and what to try next.
Your story changes the advice
Your anatomy, your preferences, your medical history, your birth and your baby all influence feeding. When those details are overlooked, even a sensible suggestion can be the wrong fit.
MumBo™ brings those details together so we can understand the combination you and your baby bring to breastfeeding. They shape where we start and what we do next.
The 4 Pillars of Breastfeeding Mastery™ help us look beyond the latch. Is feeding comfortable, efficient, sustainable and effective?
Because getting your baby attached is only part of making breastfeeding work.
Know what you want. Know what you’re looking at. Know what to do.
If you’re pregnant, Be Baby Confident helps you turn the wish to breastfeed into preparation you can use when your baby arrives.
Through three guided workalongs, PLANNER, IMREADY and TENDAYS, you explore your choices, learn what to notice and build a practical toolbox for the first ten days.
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If you’re already feeding, we work through what’s happening together, with online consultations, in-home consultations in London and ongoing support bundles.
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I’m Geraldine Miskin
I’m a London-based breastfeeding specialist and the creator of MumBo™, the 4 Pillars of Breastfeeding Mastery™ and Be Baby Confident.
Over 30 years, I’ve helped nearly 15,000 mums prepare for breastfeeding and work through feeding difficulties. That experience has taught me to ask better questions, notice the details that change the picture and help you understand your own feeding experience.
I want you to leave knowing more than what to do. I want you to understand why, recognise when it’s helping and feel confident about your next step.
If it only works when someone else is there, it’s not solved yet.
