#BfNConf21 Guest Blog: Breastfeeding, Peer Support and Perinatal Mental Health
Smita Hanciles writes of the need for more cohesive support encompassing breastfeeding and perinatal mental health services. For more on this subject, come along to...
Dr Wendy Jones: Drugs in Breastmilk
One of the founding members of BfN, Dr Wendy Jones MBE has been supporting breastfeeding families for more than twenty years. As she heads towards...
Black Lives Matter: how the Breastfeeding Network is working to tackle racial inequality
To coincide with Black Breastfeeding Week 2021, BfN CEO Shereen Fisher gives an update on our ongoing work to tackle racial inequality. The Black Lives...
#BfNConf21 Guest Blog: 10 Things You Don’t Expect About Nursing Aversion
Zainab Yate explains the often complicated phenomenon of nursing aversion. To hear more, come along to BfN’s annual conference on Saturday 2nd October, where Zainab...
Breastfeeding through cancer treatment: with help from the Drugs in Breastmilk Information Service
Breastfeeding peer supporter Hannah was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2020, and was repeatedly told during treatment that she would have to stop or avoid...
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...
What Breastfeeding Looks Like: Diverse, Inclusive, Supportive
Do you see people who look like you on our website or in our social media posts? As a charity, we are constantly striving to...
Drugs in Breastmilk Information Service: Update
BfN’s plans to support Wendy Jones’s retirement came to fruition last weekend when our new team of trained volunteer pharmacists took up the baton of...
Making Move in May Memories
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BfN Awarded Good Governance Award
It’s been an unforgettable year for the Breastfeeding Network, with record breaking numbers of mothers and parents supported on the National Breastfeeding Helpline and by...
BfN Central Evaluation Highlights 2021
The BfN Central Evaluation is conducted every year. Its purpose is to help us to understand what we are doing well, where we can improve...
Move in May: Still going strong in week three
This week our Community Champions Cleo and Ash have really stepped up their Move in May efforts. Despite the rain, both families have continued to...
