Posted on October 27th, 2008 by Jane HBFW
I believe that the UK society isn’t geared up for breastfeeding, certainly not past the first few weeks, and I think that it’s criminal that 90% of women who stop breastfeeding in the first six weeks of their baby’s life do so against their wishes. The fact that only 1 in 4 babies is having any breastmilk at all at six months and more than 90% of babies have formula at one stage or another also demonstrates how ingrained giving formula is.
Filed under: breastfeeding promotion, Discussion, Family, Feelings about breastfeeding | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 13th, 2008 by Jane HBFW
I know many visitors to this site also see their health professionals regularly and I would appreciate you asking them one question the next time you go to clinic. The question? “Will the age for weaning be changing from six months soon?” Please can you post the reply here, giving as much detail as you can [...]
Filed under: Family, Government Policy, Infant feeding issues | 16 Comments »
Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Jane HBFW
When I was pregnant with my first son, discussion of feeding method was fairly limited. At 13-week booking appointment: Midwife – “How will you be feeding your baby?” Me – “With the placenta, for some while to come, I hope! Ha-ha-ha!” Midwife – “Ha-ha, yes, very good. And after the baby’s born?” Me (serious again [...]
Filed under: Breastfeeding info - antenatal | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 9th, 2007 by Jane HBFW
I thought it would be interesting to have a list of all the positive things you’d heard from health professionals about breastfeeding. Hopefully, one day, the positive will outweigh the negative <dreams> I’ll start – there’s a nurse at my GP practice who is very impressed I was still breastfeeding my youngest son when he [...]
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