- This Models has been designed in conjunction with the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative and may be particularly useful for staff training in facilities working towards Baby Friendly accreditation.
- Its purpose is as a teaching and learning tool for midwives, health visitors and other health care practitioners.
- The soft foam breast is realistic in shape, texture and proportion, and is warm to the touch
- The model can be presented in two ways: freestanding or held against the body
- The model incorporates four 'milk' reservoirs. These mimic the 15 to 20 lactiferous sinuses of the normal breast
- Squeezing the nipple alone does not produce milk
Set Includes:
1 Simulated Breast Milk (500ml)
1 Breast Milk Hand Expression Trainer
1 cleaning pump
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The technique of hand expression mimics what happens during a breastfeed. There are two distinct parts to this process:
- The oxytocin reflex (also known as the milk ejection, or let down reflex).
- Compression of the lactiferous sinuses.
- Simulated Breast Milk (500ml)