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...
MBRRACE–UK released their 5th report ‘Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care’. It describes the lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential...
BfN statement on Financial Incentives for Breastfeeding research
BfN statement on the ‘Effects of Financial Incentives for Breastfeeding’ research The Breastfeeding Network welcomes this new research to explore cash incentives to encourage 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...
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...
Feeding baby out and about in the UK? What’s the fuss?
Fact: Feeding your baby out and about is protected by law. In Scotland breastfeeding is protected by the Breastfeeding etc. (Scotland) Act 2005, which says...