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Milk let-down reflex The hormones produced during your pregnancy help prepare your breasts for the production of milk. Once your baby is born and put to the breast to suck, a hormone called oxytocin is released from the pituitary gland at the base of your brain, which sends a ‘let-down’ signal to the breast. The muscles supporting the milk glands contract and the milk is pushed down the...

The key to successful breast-feeding is getting off to the right start, and, as you will have already read, ‘little and often’ after the birth is essential to helping establish a good milk supply. But putting the baby to the breast little and often will not guarantee you a good milk supply if your baby is not positioned on the breast properly. While in the hospital you will...