breastfeeding support

Guest Blog by Smita Hanciles – The Power of Peer Support

Smita Hanciles works for Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust and leads the Camden Baby Feeding Service. Here’s a taster of her presentation...

Guest Blog by Sally Etheridge: ‘I just really wanted to breastfeed’ – How stress affects how babies are fed, and how mums feel about it.

Sally Etheridge is an IBCLC who will be giving a presentation at our conference entitled “Breastfeeding Struggles”. Here she gives some background to the subject...

Guest Blog by Heather Trickey – What sorts of breastfeeding peer support interventions should we be developing?

Heather Trickey is a researcher in parenthood and public health at DECIPHer, Cardiff University. Here she writes about the importance of not just implementing peer support...

Guest Blog by Ruth Dennison – Why Black Breastfeeding Week?

Ruth Dennison is a Doula and breastfeeding supporter in London. She has kindly shared this blog with us to celebrate the first ever Black Breastfeeding...

Guest Post by Ruth Dennison – Why Black Breastfeeding Week?

Ruth Dennison is a Doula and breastfeeding supporter in London. She has kindly shared this blog with us to celebrate the first ever Black Breastfeeding...

BfN Statement on Channel 4 Dispatches Programme 30/07/2018 – Breastfeeding Uncovered

Negative cultural attitudes towards breastfeeding are common place in the UK and often this is reinforced by media messages. However, last night’s Dispatches programme demonstrated...

The Breastfeeding Network and Support for Mothers with Mental Health Issues

Wendy Jones is BfN’s Pharmacist for our Drugs in Breastmilk Service. Here she talks about how we support mums with mental health issues, and points...

6 Top Tips for New Mums who want to Start Running

If you’ve recently had a baby, or even not so recently, getting back into exercise once you are a mum can seem like a big...

From new mum to Peer Supporter: BfN volunteer stories

As part of our 20th anniversary parliamentary reception in Westminster tonight, two of our breastfeeding supporters will be sharing their breastfeeding journeys from new Mum,...

Can a man breastfeed? Supporting breastfeeding LGBTQ families

Dr BJ Epstein is Senior Lecturer in Literature at University of East Anglia and a Counsellor on our National Breastfeeding Helpline. In this guest blog...