How health professionals view breastfeeding - negative stories, please

Posted on December 9th, 2007 by Jane HBFW

Following on from the positive stories, here is the place to leave your stories of negative contacts with health professionals about breastfeeding.  From many I’ve already read, I know there’s a massive number of these - my hope is that by posting them here, under the banner of “unacceptable and ill-informed things for health professionals [...]

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Personal experiences - please share them here

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Jane HBFW

What happened?
What went well?
What was not so good?
What did you learn that would help you in future?
I think it’s pretty cathartic getting it all down, really - I know I found it very helpful to talk after my second son was born.  I’d had gestational diabetes and the hospital were keen his blood sugar levels [...]

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  • Association of Breastfeeding Mothers helpline 08444 122 949 9.30am to 10.30pm every day
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  • Perhaps try getting your partner or a relative or friend to make the first call, in case you need to leave a message, since you may be emotional and it can be hard to key yourself up to ring for support, then get an answerphone message.
  • These lines are staffed by volunteers, often mothers of small children, so it’s not always possible for them to have a long conversation with you at the time you ring. But rest assured, they are very keen to help you (after all, they’ve spent a long time training to be breastfeeding counsellors) and if you leave a message, somebody will ring you back. You are not putting them out, you are not being a nuisance and they DO want to help you, so, please, if you need help, ring them.

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