Skin to skin contact with your baby As long as there are no complications, the focus after birth is for you and baby to enjoy some bonding time. Skin-to-skin with your baby can help regulate their temperature, heartrate and get breastfeeding off to the best start. Skin-to-skin will trigger your body to produce Oxytocin, aka: […]
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We reported previously that some widely-used infant formulas are heavily contaminated with the known neurotoxin, aluminium. Infant formulas are the only form of nutrition for the majority of neonates and, thereafter, infants up to 12 months of age. Through using infant formulas, parents may be inadvertently feeding their baby with up to 600 μg of […]
Back in the 1970s breastfeeding rates were incredibly low. Only around 28% of women in the UK breastfed their babies and that figure included mothers who stopped after the first few feeds. At that time so many mothers formula fed that pregnant women might never have seen a breastfeeding baby, and they often had the […]
Why is there still such a huge stigma around breastfeeding in public? New research reveals over three quarters of British parents believe children should be taught about breastfeeding at school, to help normalise the practice and end the stigma for good. Even in these progressive times, there is still some way to go before new […]
Women need considerable practical and emotional support in the early days of breastfeeding to make it successful. Those who do not want to breastfeed must be listened to, respected and understood, rather than simply told ‘breast is best. The UK remains at the bottom of the “league tables” in terms of the numbers of new […]
This week is #WorldBreastfeedingWeek. This Unicef Video highlights the issues behind the UK’s low breastfeeding rates, and calls on the UK and devolved governments to take urgent steps to tackle this. […]