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Guest post: What We Mean When We Call For More Support For Breastfeeding Mothers

Yes, support for breastfeeding can mean someone to sit and help you latch your baby on – but it also means acceptance, a better environment...

Guest post: Breastfeeding through pregnancy and beyond

Emma Pickett is the chair of the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers, and also works as a lactation consultant. Here we share her article on breastfeeding...

Guest blog: Who says young mums can’t breastfeed?

BfN recently attended an event in Edinburgh run by Family Nurse Partnership, an organisation that provides dedicated support for young mums. At this event, BfN...

Peace on Earth, goodwill to all relatives: surviving the holidays as a breastfeeding mum.

Victoria Davies, aka Mum In Make-Up, writes about how to get through the holidays even when your family’s views on breastfeeding don’t quite match up...

Facing Fears

Kirsty Cummins is one of our National Breastfeeding Helpline Link workers, who has written this post about her own experience of anxiety and how she...

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...

Mothering the mother – a vital part of increasing breastfeeding rates

Dr Amy Brown is Associate Professor in Child Public Health at Swansea University. She is also the author of Breastfeeding Uncovered, a book which aims...

Banned! Images of breastfeeding in a children’s story book.

Mairi Hedderwick is the author of Katie Morag, a children’s book and now CBeebies children’s programme about a small girl’s life on a Scottish island....