increasing breastfeeding rates

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...

Dr Wendy Jones, The Breastfeeding Network’s pharmacist, awarded MBE in Queen’s New Year’s Honours List

One of the founding members of the Breastfeeding Network (BfN), and our resident Pharmacist for over 20 years, Dr Wendy Jones, has been awarded MBE...

Prevention is better than cure

Shereen Fisher, BfN’s CEO, responds to Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock’s vision for prevention released yesterday, and how it relates to investment in breastfeeding...

What Breastfeeding Looks Like

We recently appealed for photographs showing what breastfeeding looks like in your everyday lives. The response has been immense, and the photos are so wonderful...

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...

BFN Statement on the Scottish maternal and infant health survey

The Breastfeeding Network (BfN) welcomes the publication of the Scottish Maternal and Infant Nutrition Survey. It offers a useful insight into maternal and infant nutritional...

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,...

A list of MPs who came to our 20th anniversary reception in Parliament

Thank you for inviting your MP to come to our 20th birthday reception in Parliament last night and the Infant Feeding APPG yesterday afternoon. Here...

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...

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...

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...