Expressing colostrum antenatally – things to ask your midwife

Does your baby have a chance of low blood sugar at or soon after birth?  See this list here for things that might increase the risk: Babies with an increased chance of low blood sugar include: Early or premature babies (born before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy) Babies who are lighter in weight than expected [...]

Reasons To Be Proud

(Edited) I posted this the other day without introduction and I thought I ought to add something to explain why I feel this is an important addition to the site.  So often women think that breastfeeding is something you need to do for a long time in order for it to make a difference, so [...]

How health professionals view breastfeeding – negative stories, please

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 [...]