The role celebrities play in the baby feeding debate

Most people with an interest in breasts (in the widest range of roles!) will have been aware of the Jordan/OK! magazine/SMA furore in August of this year.  In a nutshell, Jordan was photographed for OK! feeding her new baby girl Princess Tiáamii with a ready-to-feed bottle of SMA Gold formula.  On the facing page, there [...]

Women learning about breastfeeding, antenatally

There is no way that every woman in the UK will breastfeed.  That might sound like a negative way to begin, but I prefer to think of it as realistic.  There is a whole raft of reasons why this is true, medical and emotional, from the “cannots” to the “prefer nots”.  I start like this [...]

Post here your many and various feelings and concerns about breastfeeding

I thought it might be useful to have a non-specific post where people can post their thoughts about breastfeeding and any concerns they might have.  I’ll do my best to help, and I hope other people will join in and offer their own experiences. So, over to you!