Mastering the Basics of Breastfeeding
Pregnancy Podcast
Vanessa Merten
4.5 • 970 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Many new moms expect breastfeeding to come naturally. For most, it takes time, practice, and support. Despite strong evidence in favor of breastfeeding, many parents supplement or switch to formula within the first year. Preparing yourself with foundational knowledge can make a big difference in reaching your breastfeeding goals. This episode covers the essential information you need to get started, along with practical tools and tips to make breastfeeding more manageable and rewarding.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Martin. |
| 0:10.3 | Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode, we're talking about |
| 0:17.9 | the basics of breastfeeding. Many new moms expect breastfeeding to come naturally. |
| 0:24.7 | But for most, it takes time, practice, and support. |
| 0:29.2 | Despite all of these strong evidence in favor of breastfeeding, |
| 0:33.5 | many parents supplement or switch to formula within the first year. |
| 0:39.1 | Preparing yourself with foundational knowledge can make a big difference in reaching your |
| 0:44.0 | breastfeeding goals. This episode will cover all of the information that you need to get started, |
| 0:51.0 | along with practical tools and tips to make breastfeeding manageable and rewarding. |
| 0:57.9 | You can find the complete article in all of the resources for this episode at Pregnancy |
| 1:05.0 | Podcast.com slash breastfeeding basics. |
| 1:16.4 | You are currently on the public feed of the podcast. You can become a pregnancy podcast premium member. Not only will you get all ad-free content, so you never have to hear |
| 1:24.0 | an advertisement during an episode. You also get access to hundreds of episodes |
| 1:30.2 | exclusively available to premium members. Plus, when you sign up, you get a free copy of the |
| 1:37.4 | Your Birth Plan book that makes creating your birth plan super simple with sample plans and a template you can download and customize. |
| 1:47.5 | Check out Pregnancy Podcast Premium at Pregnancypodcast.com slash premium. |
| 1:56.3 | Thanks to Anito for supporting this episode. |
| 2:00.8 | Anitao is the only at-home fertility monitor that tracks all four key fertility hormones on a single test strip. |
| 2:10.1 | In just 10 minutes, you get accurate personalized hormone data to help you understand your fertile window and confirm whether or not you're ovulating. |
| 2:21.4 | Anito is 96% as accurate as a blood test without the cost, wait time, or hassle of going to a lab. |
| 2:30.1 | Stop guessing and start understanding your cycle more effectively. |
| 2:35.1 | The Anito starter pack is available for just $89 with the Code Pregnancy podcast at |
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