Ending your breastfeeding journey: some approaches to parent-led weaning
Emma Pickett IBCLC Making the decision to end breastfeeding Breastfeeding support is all about helping you to breastfeed for as long as you want to....
Southampton Welcomes Breastfeeding
by Sophie Kynoch The Southampton Welcomes Breastfeeding scheme, which offers local businesses the opportunity to welcome breastfeeding in their venue, was launched recently to great...
Bump Buddies Ayrshire
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...
World Down’s Syndrome Day: Breastfeeding a Baby with Down’s Syndrome
Sarah is the breastfeeding lead for Positive About Down Syndrome, as well as a volunteer supporter for BfN and the National Breastfeeding Helpline, and mother...
Budget 2021: the pledge for breastfeeding support
“Spending money in the early years generates massive cost savings for the future and nowhere is this more true than in breastfeeding support.” says Shereen...
Guest Blog: The story of a grieving mother – written 3 weeks postpartum.
Content warning: baby loss/stillbirth/lactation after baby loss. There is a photo at the end of this post. You spend time preparing for them. Studying childbirth,...
#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...
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...
