Hands down the absolute best resource for a breast feeding mother is for her to surround herself with other supportive people of breast-feeding. It's crucial that her partner be supportive of breast-feeding and that anybody who is going to be helping her or stepping into her home in the week's postpartum be very supportive of breast-feeding and understand what's best for the baby. Surrounding herself with compassionate practical breast-feeding support is the best way to support the breast feeding mother. The other things that we can do is to support her preparing meals for her, making sure that she has got adequate nutritious food to eat and caring for the baby in other ways. The ways that the breast-feeding partner can care for the breast-feeding mother is by helping change diapers and burp the baby and rock the baby back to sleep if it's not hungry. With that support, the mother is getting more help with the practical needs in the new born so that she is not doing it all.
