Southampton Family Hub & Breastfeeding Rooms Launch
BfN Southampton celebrate the opening of Family Hubs and Breastfeeding Rooms across the city.
What should you do if you see a baby eating in public?
By Dr Aimee Grant & Prof Amy Brown Centre for Lactation, Infant Feeding and Translational Research, Swansea University If you live in the UK, seeing...
Six ways health professionals and peer supporters can help Autistic women meet their breastfeeding goals
By Dr Aimee Grant, Centre for Lactation, Infant Feeding & Translational Research, Swansea University If I asked you to close your eyes and think of...
Why does academic research have an important role in protecting breastfeeding?
Anthea Tennant-Eyles, Research Lead and Breastfeeding Peer Supporter New research published here by Cardiff University and The Breastfeeding Network highlights inequity of access to breastfeeding...
Breastfeeding and Down Syndrome: Information for Families & Breastfeeding Supporters
Breastfeeding a baby with Down syndrome can sometimes present challenges, but with the right information and support, many can breastfeed successfully. As part of World...
Black Lives Matter: how the Breastfeeding Network is working to tackle racial inequality
In June 2020, against the backdrop of the worldwide protests advocating for an end to racial inequality on a mass scale, the Breastfeeding Network shared...
#MakingItWork – how shared parental leave worked for us
In this blog, Kirsty and Geraint Davies explain how they used shared parental leave so Kirsty could return to work while continuing to breastfeed their...
#MakingItWork – breastfeeding as a student.
What’s it like being a student and a new parent at the same time? In this #MakingItWork real life story, Jenni tells us how she...
#MakingItWork – what adjustments can I expect to be made?
In this #MakingItWork case study, Emma tells us how she went about discussing adjustments to her work pattern with her employer. “My company weren’t really...
#MakingItWork – what if expressing doesn’t work for me?
Gemma Scott is a registered midwife and health visitor, and currently works for Plymouth City Council Public Health Team. Since her work focuses on children...
Guest post: Emma Pickett on returning to work as a breastfeeding mum
As part of our #MakingItWork campaign, Emma Pickett (IBCLC and chair of the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers) gives her take on the process of returning...
#MakingItWork – Expressing Breastmilk at Work
In the first of our #MakingItWork real-life case studies, Jade tells us about the issues she faced when returning to work, when her daughter was...
