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How To Survive The First Month Of Breastfeeding

How To Survive The First Month Of Breastfeeding

If you're trying to breastfeed a newborn, first of all, congratulations! You have successfully brought a brand-new human into the world and that is no mean feat - whichever way you did it. Secondly, I'll really try keep this fairly…

By Alison McGarragh-Murphy

I Made a Rod For My Own Back

I Made a Rod For My Own Back

I made a rod for my own back when I fed you and cuddled you to sleep. First as a baby, breastfeeding, singing our song, comforting, rocking and holding your little hand until you went to sleep. Eating dinners one-handed…

By Alison McGarragh-Murphy

The Myth of “Easier”

The Myth of “Easier”

It doesn’t get easier. You get better at coping.

By Victoria Davies

Expressing Around the Clock

Expressing Around the Clock

In some ways, I feel expressing is the worst way to feed...

By Harriet Ernstsons-Evans

Bye Bye Boobies

Bye Bye Boobies

In the beginning it was like Groundhog Day with tits.

By Liz Ormesher

Breastfeeding Doesn’t Hurt? It’s Time to Change the Record

Breastfeeding Doesn’t Hurt? It’s Time to Change the Record

We can't alter that fact; it might not, but it may well hurt.

By Fran Taylor

Is Natural Term Breastfeeding the Last Taboo?

Is Natural Term Breastfeeding the Last Taboo?

The media tells us that women who allow their children to wean naturally are ‘weird’

By Claire Sanders

When Choices Aren’t Really Choices

When Choices Aren’t Really Choices

What I was missing out again, was the power of the body. It had been taken and was being sold back to me.

By Ali Jones