About this episode

Emma Pickett interviews Alexis White about her experiences breastfeeding her son Flynn, who has a cleft palate.

Today I’m talking to the amazing Alexis White from Canterbury, New Zealand, about feeding her son Flynn. Her older daughter, Norah’s birth did not go to plan, but breastfeeding did, and Norah was breastfed until she weaned herself when Alexis was pregnant again. After a victorious home VBAC birth, early breastfeeding seemed normal, but by day six Flynn had lost 11.5% of his birth weight and then failed to gain despite frequent feeds. Alexis began pumping and syringe top-ups, and at three week...

People in this episode

Host: Emma Pickett

Guest: Alexis White

Topics covered

• breastfeeding
• cleft palate
• parenting
• VBAC
• infant feeding

Keywords

• breastfeeding
• cleft palate
• infant feeding
• VBAC
• pumping
• syringe top-ups
• weight loss

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Canterbury, New Zealand

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