Breastfeeding Workshop
Breastfeeding is natural, but it's also a skill that you and your baby learn together. Designed for your third trimester, this workshop gives you the knowledge, practical techniques and confidence to start your feeding journey, guided by our experienced lactation consultants.
Feel Prepared Before Baby Arrives
This workshop helps you feel informed and supported well before your baby arrives. You'll learn the foundations of breastfeeding, practical techniques to get started, and how to troubleshoot common challenges, all with guidance from experienced lactation consultants.
Whether you choose our self-paced online course or our in-person group workshop, you'll come away with a clear, evidence-based understanding of what to expect and the confidence to navigate the early days of feeding your baby.
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What You'll Learn
A practical, evidence-based foundation for feeding your baby, taught by our registered lactation consultants.
Who This Class is For
This workshop is built for expectant parents who want to walk into the early days of feeding with real knowledge and practical skills, not guesswork.
- Pregnant and in your second or third trimester
- Planning to breastfeed, combo-feed, or bottle-feed, and want to understand your options
- First-time parents wanting a solid foundation before baby arrives
- Experienced parents who had a tough feeding journey last time and want to feel more prepared
- Keen to learn hands-on techniques like positioning, attachment and hand expressing
- Wanting the confidence to know what's normal and when to ask for help
Small note: partners and support people are just as welcome as the person giving birth. Feeding goes better with two people who understand it.
More Feeding Support at MAMA
This workshop gives you a great foundation, and our lactation team is here for the real-time questions that come up once baby arrives.
Frequently Asked Questions
We recommend completing the workshop during your third trimester. This gives you time to absorb the information and practise techniques like hand expressing before your baby arrives.
Yes. The group workshop price of $175 includes your chosen support person, so they can learn alongside you and understand how to help once your baby arrives.
The self-paced course ($90) is a set of videos with lifetime access, so you can watch in your own time. The group workshop ($175) is a live, 2.5-hour in-person session with a registered lactation consultant, giving you the chance to ask questions and practise hands-on.
No. Our education classes, including this workshop, are open to all expectant parents in Melbourne, no matter who is providing your pregnancy care.
That's completely normal. Breastfeeding is a learned skill and challenges are common. Our free weekly feeding drop-in group and 1:1 postnatal lactation consults are both available for real-time, personalised support.
Yes. We cover bottles and breast pumps alongside breastfeeding fundamentals, so the workshop is valuable no matter how you plan to feed your baby.
Feel Ready to Feed Your Baby
Join our Breastfeeding Workshop and start your feeding journey with confidence, evidence-based knowledge and support from our experienced lactation consultants.