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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,...

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,...

Invite your MP to our 20th birthday reception

Next week the Breastfeeding Network is celebrating our 20th anniversary with a parliamentary reception in Westminster. This will be held after an All Party Parliamentary...

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...

Breastfeeding and maternal mental health

This week is maternal mental health awareness week and so it’s important that we speak up about the often misunderstood relationship between maternal mental health...

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