NBAW 2019 England – One Young Mum’s Story
My name is Darcie, and I am a mother of two. I was 18 years old when I first started breastfeeding. I only knew one other person that breastfed and so I was completely oblivious to how difficult the...
View ArticleNBAW 2019 – Round Up
National Breastfeeding Week 2019 SCOTLAND This year Scotland literally kicked off Breastfeeding Weeks across the UK, with the launch of their new Scotland breastfeeding welcome scheme at Dundee...
View ArticleGuest blog: ABM Breastfeeding in Schools Resources
Guest blog by Lyndsey Hookway, IBCLC Although breastfeeding can be a thorny issue for many, the fact remains that the vast majority of women who start off breastfeeding but stop feel a sense of sadness...
View ArticleBlack Breastfeeding Week 2019 – One Mum Tells Her Story
Black Breastfeeding Week The MBRRACE Report showed that maternal and infant mortality is much higher in BAME families, and that maternal mortality among black mothers in the U.K. is FIVE TIMES higher...
View ArticleHow green is your baby’s milk? – Guest Blog by Gillian Weaver and Natalie...
Lactation Consultants of Great Britain social media team focused a week on the climate strike in September 2019. Our posts reached over 35,000 people and had over 200 shares on Facebook. Instagram...
View ArticleSupporting mothers who breastfeed: A guide for trainee and qualified doctors,...
Click here to access the pdf of this new book, to share with medical students and qualified doctors The post Supporting mothers who breastfeed: A guide for trainee and qualified doctors, by Associate...
View ArticleJoint Statement on Protecting Breastfeeding
Fifteen national infant feeding organisations including LCGB, issued a joint statement calling on the new government to invest in the health of women and children by supporting and protecting...
View ArticleLCGB joins pilot of support app for isolated new parents during COVID-19
April 2020 Lactation Consultants of Great Britain (LCGB), along with partners Peppy and NCT, is delighted to announce our involvement in an innovative new digital platform to support new parents...
View ArticleLCGB Members Volunteering During COVID Pandemic
Some LCGB members have been letting us know what they have been doing during COVID to help support the families who may have been affected by changes to services. ANTENATAL WORKSHOPS ONLINE The...
View ArticleInduced Lactation
Induced Lactation My wife and I started fertility treatment a couple of years ago and after trying reciprocal IVF (so my frozen eggs were transferred to my wife) we fell pregnant. At our booking in...
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