Feeding with Confidence: A 3-Part Series
Chest/Breastfeeding is a learning experience for both you and your baby. Whether you're preparing for your first baby, have chest/breastfed before, or simply want to feel more confident about infant feeding, this three-part series offers practical, evidence-based information to help you get started and navigate the early months.
Across three 60-minute sessions, we'll explore what to expect, how to recognize your baby's cues, how milk production works, common challenges, and where to find support when you need it.
Session 1: Getting Chest/Breastfeeding Off to a Great Start
Learn about colostrum, milk production, skin-to-skin contact, feeding cues, positioning and latch, normal newborn feeding patterns, and how to recognize signs that your baby is feeding effectively.
Session 2: Building Confidence & Navigating Common Challenges
We'll look at how to know whether your baby is getting enough milk, common challenges such as sore nipples, engorgement and concerns about milk supply, as well as hand expression, pumping, chest/breast milk storage, and when to seek additional support.
Session 3: Chest/Breastfeeding Beyond the Early Weeks
As your baby grows, chest/breastfeeding can change. We'll discuss pumping and returning to work or school, introducing bottles, combination feeding, chest/breastfeeding while introducing solid foods, medications and illness, and approaches to weaning.
Throughout the series, we'll use trusted Canadian resources including Baby's Best Chance, HealthLink BC, Health Canada, and other current evidence-based guidance.
This is a supportive, judgment-free space where questions are welcome. Our goal is not to tell you how you should feed your baby, but to give you reliable information, practical tools, and confidence to make informed decisions that work for you and your family.
Facilitator:
Hayley Bentley, RN. (she/her)
Hayley is a Registered Nurse with a background in working with infants, children, and families since she graduated from Thompson Rivers University in 2015. Hayley has grown up on the unceded territory of the Secwepemc where she is grateful to work, play and raise her own family.
As a Registered Nurse and mother of 5, Hayley recognizes the importance of building a strong supportive network for pregnancy, birth, postpartum and beyond. Hayley is dedicated to providing families with evidence-based information and passionate about increasing the self-efficacy of perinatal people to make informed decisions. With many years experience as a public health nurse, Hayley has demonstrated skills in building strong therapeutic relationships, which support each individual’s and families' unique needs. Hayley is committed to creating a safe and positive learning environment that fosters growth and confidence. Hayley recognizes that everyone has a unique experience with pregnancy, postpartum, and/or the early parenting stages. Hayley’s passion for perinatal education come from her own personal birth experiences and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to support HUB participants.
Outside of her role at The Pregnancy HUB, Hayley enjoys shuttling her kids back and forth to activities, spending time outdoors, watching her children play sports and running.
