"Breastfeeding help"
- A voluntary humanitarian organisation
- A network of women who are working for a breastfeeding friendly society:
- trough mother-to-mother support for breastfeeding
- in local breastfeeding support groups
- as a national force to protect, promote and support breastfeeding
- through international projects
Who is in Ammehjelpen?
Ammehjelpen is the Norwegian Mother-to-Mother breastfeeding support group.
She is a mother:
- who has personal experience with breastfeeding
- who has documented good breastfeeding knowledge and been certified as a helper by our organisation
- who can give breastfeeding mothers inspiration, self- confidence and comfort
- who can give practical advice and guidance about breastfeeding
She can be reached by phone or e-mail in her home.You'll find telephonenumbers on
this list, marked with an english flag. Her help is given without charge.
Some of the things we can give advice on are:
- Correct suckling technique
- Correct positioning at the breast
- Low milk supply, or excessive supply
- Plugged milk ducts or mastitis
- Sore nipples
- Problems lactating baby on
- Babies who won't nurse
- Manual expression or pumping and storage of expressed milk
- Colic
- Breastfeeding twins
- Breastfeeding babies with special needs
- Breastfeeding and alcohol
- Breastfeeding and smoking
To get more information and brochures please contact us.
Are you interested in being an Ammehjelper or to be supporting member please
contact us.