Breastfeeding
Under pressure
If you have been watching the media at any point in the past year you will be aware midwifery units are struggling with staffing. We know too this is a global concern. In this article Neil Stewart, Editorial director for the Maternity and Midwifery Forum, addresses the pressures _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ......
How midwifery staff can support Autistic women with breastfeeding: recommendations from Autistic people
World breastfeeding week aims to educate and support breastfeeding. This year the focus is on “strengthening the capacity” of those who are involved in supporting breastfeeding. To this end we have invited Dr Aimee Grant, Senior research officer, Centre for Lactation, Infant Feeding and Translational Research, Swansea University, to educate......
Maternity & Midwifery Directory Launch
For maternity and midwifery services in the UK the pandemic seemed to make time stand still, if not go backwards. Home births cancelled, water births restricted, limited visitors (fathers were never allowed in when I was born). But time did not stand still. Maternity and midwifery is going through its......
A Holding Time Project call to arms: a collective portrait of breastfeeding
During National Breastfeeding week at the start of August Improving Me, the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside’s Women and Children’s Partnership launched the Holding Time Project. This involved a call for participants in an inter-disciplinary, multi-channel art project, developed by visual artist Lisa Creagh on behalf of the partnership. The focus......
World Breastfeeding Week 2021
Photo courtesy Public Health England World Breastfeeding Week aims to highlight the huge benefits that breastfeeding can bring to both the health and welfare of babies, as well as a wider push for maternal health, focusing on good nutrition, poverty reduction and food security. The event is organised every year......
Breastfeeding During the Pandemic
Breastfeeding rates in the UK are some of the lowest, globally, and the challenges posed to new parents have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many support groups for those breastfeeding disappeared overnight, and a lack of face-to-face support from both peer, charity, and professional supports developed. However, data published......
Grassroots public breastfeeding campaigns gain momentum
In the latest example of a grassroots campaign to make mothers feel comfortable about breastfeeding in public, Barnstaple Town Council recently unanimously backed a motion calling for the council to let the public know that breastfeeding is welcome in their public buildings and parks. The motion proposed by Councillor Mel......
Breastfeeding Celebration Week: What do you need to know?
Breastfeeding Celebration Week 2021 runs from 21st – 27th June. The theme this year is how partners and the wider family unit can support breastfeeding, with a key focus on how to get the whole family involved and bond with baby. La Leche League GB have published a comprehensive article......
Spotlight on Breastfeeding Research 2020
The fourth annual Spotlight on Breastfeeding Research conference takes place in an unprecedented time when the whole world is fighting COVID-19 and breastfeeding has been the subject of many guidelines, consumer queries and research. As usual, the Doctoral Midwifery Research Society will bring you the most up to date research......