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Beyond the Latch: Breastfeeding with Allergies

"You can no longer eat dairy, I'm afraid." Surely there are few worse words to hear as a breastfeeding mum, especially one surviving on cheese strings and toasties? With the removal of chocolate, milk in your brew, most biscuits and…

By Carrie

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Why is it so hard to get a breastfed baby to take a bottle?

Let me start by saying how happy I am, and how lucky I feel that I've been able to breastfeed both my babies. I know lots of people who want to and can't for whatever reason and I loved it…

By Sarah Holmes

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8 Tips for Managing Breastfeeding Aversion

The image of breastfeeding is often one of serene connection and love between an infant and their mother. But what if it isn't like that? What if it changes at some point? What if all of a sudden and without…

By Claire Sanders

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10 Things I Wish I’d Learnt In Antenatal Class

“Hi my name’s Heather, this is Andy, and the three things we know about our baby are…” 3 years ago, 8 couples huddled hopefully under strip lighting in a non-descript room in our local town. We’d rushed from work, negotiating…

By Heather Davies

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We Need To Talk About: Milk Blisters

Milk blister, milk bleb, blocked nipple pore: call them what you like, they’re a pain in the tits. And I have one. It’s been making itself at home on my right nipple for nearly two months, and I fear it…

By Jonna Mather

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The Pressure To Bottle Feed

Earlier this month, I watched “Breastfeeding Uncovered”, a documentary that aired on Channel Four in which presenter and new mum Kate Quilton tries to pinpoint why Britain has some of the lowest rates of breastfeeding in the world and my memories…

By Anonymous

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The Highs And Lows Of Breastfeeding

This week is World Breastfeeding Week, which got me thinking about my breastfeeding journey. Before having my daughter I was keen to give it a try, but I wasn't too concerned at the thought that it might not work out.…

By Sarah Holmes

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Five Truths About Breastfeeding Beyond Babyhood

People get weird enough when you're breastfeeding a baby over six months of age, let alone over three years of age. The World Health Organisation may well recommend babies are breastfed for the first two years or beyond, but here…

By Alison McGarragh-Murphy

Beyond the Latch: Breastfeeding with Allergies

Why is it so hard to get a breastfed baby to take a bottle?

8 Tips for Managing Breastfeeding Aversion

10 Things I Wish I’d Learnt In Antenatal Class

We Need To Talk About: Milk Blisters

The Pressure To Bottle Feed

The Highs And Lows Of Breastfeeding

Five Truths About Breastfeeding Beyond Babyhood

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