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Have you heard of cluster feeding? 👶This means your baby wants to feed little and often. Cluster feeding normally occurs...
14/11/2025

Have you heard of cluster feeding?

👶This means your baby wants to feed little and often. Cluster feeding normally occurs in the evening or nighttime as your hormone levels are higher for milk production

👶Educating normal feeding behaviour's can help support you in the early days and beyond.

👶It is normal for your baby to wake frequently in the early days to establish breastfeeding through cluster feeding.

👶Cluster feeding is frequent on and off feeding at the breast to increase stimulation and supply of breastmilk.

👶Cluster feeding normally starts between days 2-4 and at different developmental stages throughout your breastfeeding journey.

👶Your baby’s development is important and your baby may go through sleep regressions or disturbances with learning and developmental changes. These occur throughout your breastfeeding journey.

👶Cluster feeding can be very normal if your baby is well and you can see the colostrum or milk around the ni**le. You can be reassured by this by doing some hand expressing to see the milk coming away.

Todays thank you comes from Holly - thanks so much for taking the time to give feedback regarding your experience. If y...
13/11/2025

Todays thank you comes from Holly - thanks so much for taking the time to give feedback regarding your experience. If you would like to do the same please send us a message ❤

Could I say a massive thank you to Tia at Scunthorpe hospital,
I went in to be induced on 19/09/2025 but it was too busy so it was a waiting game, I ended up going into labour myself on 20/09/25, Tia ended up taking us up to delivery herself and delivering my daughter. It was a very quick labour of only 36 minutes but Tia was very calm and reassuring, she made sure that baby was okay and then concentrated on myself as I was very nervous after my first baby due to blood loss but I gave birth and was showered and back on the maternity ward within 3.5 hours. Tia was amazing and also Lauren on the maternity ward was amazing before and after my birth! Thank you❤️

‼ Accessible Resources for translation ‼www.humberandnorthyorkshirematernity.org.ukDid you know on the Yorkshire and Hum...
12/11/2025

‼ Accessible Resources for translation ‼

www.humberandnorthyorkshirematernity.org.uk

Did you know on the Yorkshire and Humber Local Maternity Neonatal System (LMNS) website they have a wealth of knowledge and information which can be interpreted/ translated into a language of choice.

We want you to feel informed what ever your first choice of language. If you are struggling to access this site or need more support please contact the ask a midwife team for more information.


🌸Birth preferences 🌸Discussing your birth preferences with your midwife will help you understand your options during lab...
11/11/2025

🌸Birth preferences 🌸

Discussing your birth preferences with your midwife will help you understand your options during labour and birth, including the risks and benefits of each option.

It also gives your midwife the chance to get to know you better, and understand your feelings and priorities, and allows you to think about or discuss some things more fully with your partner, friends and relatives.

‼️ You can change your mind about your wishes for labour and birth at any time. ‼️

You may want to think about things like:
💗 who you want as your birth partner
💗 where you want to give birth
💗 what birthing positions you would like to try
💗 what type of pain relief you want
💗 how you would like to deliver your placenta
💗 whether you are hoping to breastfeed
💗 if you would like any special facilities, such as a birthing pool
💗 whether you want delayed cord clamping
💗 what your choices are about having skin-to-skin contact with your baby
💗 your feelings about potential interventions, such as an episiotomy, ventouse or forceps
💗 if you intend to use hypnobirthing techniques during labour
💗 how you feel about fetal monitoring during labour
💗 if you have any special needs, such as a sign language interpreter, or if you would like to follow any religious customs
💗 what name you would like to be called if it’s different to the one on your notes.

Your birth preferences are personal to you. It depends on what you want, your medical history, your circumstances and what is available at your maternity service. You can update your birth preferences on your Badgernotes app so your health care provider can access this.

Message the Ask A Midwife Team today to find out more

❓Myth Busting Monday ❓Make sure you get the correct advice and information from your care. Our myth buster Mondays are h...
10/11/2025

❓Myth Busting Monday ❓

Make sure you get the correct advice and information from your care. Our myth buster Mondays are here to give you bitesize pieces of information to provide you safe care. The ask a midwife service is here to answer your non-urgent questions. Send your enquiries via social media or to our email hny.lms@nhs.net

🏥National Pathology Week 🏥Pathology is important pre pregnancy, during pregnancy and after birth. Pathology can look at ...
09/11/2025

🏥National Pathology Week 🏥

Pathology is important pre pregnancy, during pregnancy and after birth. Pathology can look at treating, preventing and diagnosing disease.

As part of the pathology support in pregnancy we support people to partake in obtaining blood testing and screening. This is part of maintaining a healthy pregnancy for you and your baby.

You are routinely offered blood tests throughout pregnancy this can include:

❤Booking bloods: Blood group and Rhesus status, screening for Hep B, HIV and Syphilis, (all these bloods are advised for each subsequent pregnancy), Full blood count (FBC) to check for anaemia (low iron in pregnancy).

❤You might opt to have additional screening in pregnancy for Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome. This can be offered within NHS care at your dating scan or up until 20 weeks.

❤At 16 weeks If you are Rhesus status negative you will be offered additional screening in pregnancy to check your baby's Rhesus status. This is called Free Fetal DNA (FFDNA). This result will help manage your pregnancy.

❤Routine 28-week bloods: Blood group and Rhesus status and FBC.

❤Some people might be offered a Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) around 26-28 weeks of pregnancy to see if they screen positive for Gestational Diabetes in pregnancy.

❤If you are known to have anaemia (low iron), previously been on iron tablets or symptomatic we might offer a test to look at your ferritin levels (iron stores).

❤You might be offered alternative or further blood tests in your pregnancy depending on your individual management plans or medical disorders.

❤It is really important to escalate any concerns with needle phobia in pregnancy so we can sign post or refer to appropriate health professionals to support you through your pregnancy and birth. Reach out know to your community midwife or the ask a midwife team for more information.

❓Myth Busting ❓Make sure you get the correct advice and information from your care. Our myth busters are here to give yo...
08/11/2025

❓Myth Busting ❓

Make sure you get the correct advice and information from your care. Our myth busters are here to give you bitesize pieces of information to provide you safe care. The ask a midwife service is here to answer your non-urgent questions. Send your enquiries via social media or to our email hny.lms@nhs.net

⭐️Feeding Friday⭐️🌸Know your baby's feeding cues🌸Feed on demand (unless you have been told otherwise from a health profe...
07/11/2025

⭐️Feeding Friday⭐️

🌸Know your baby's feeding cues🌸

Feed on demand (unless you have been told otherwise from a health professional)

Your baby will need feeding little and often in the early days.

If your baby is showing signs of late feeding cues - try and clam them before trying to feed. You can do this by skin to skin, cuddling, talking, singing and stroking your baby.

Picking up on your baby's early feeding cues should make feeding a calmer experience.

Contact the ask a midwife team for any feeding support, we are here to support you and listen to your concerns.

We hope everyone that attended enjoyed the Nest and Nuture event! We had information regarding infant feeding, MNVP, men...
06/11/2025

We hope everyone that attended enjoyed the Nest and Nuture event!

We had information regarding infant feeding, MNVP, mental health, health visitors, induction, research, pelvic floor, induction of labour, homebirth, bathing and baby care, NICI and vaccines.

The next Nest and Nuture event will take place at Grimsby and will be advertised soon! Please join us there ❤️

The Nest and Nuture event is happening NOW! Come along and to our event happening now in the pregnancy assessment centre...
06/11/2025

The Nest and Nuture event is happening NOW!

Come along and to our event happening now in the pregnancy assessment centre in Scunthorpe Hospital!

This weeks thank you comes from Molly Niall and baby Freya.If you would like to share feedback about an aspect of your c...
06/11/2025

This weeks thank you comes from Molly Niall and baby Freya.
If you would like to share feedback about an aspect of your care please send us a message ❤

I would love to submit a heartfelt thank-you to the incredible team who cared for me last week while welcoming our first baby girl, Freya.

My partner and I have never felt so safe, supported, and reassured in a hospital environment. Every single member of staff we encountered made such a difference to our experience.

A special thank you to Student Midwife Emily, who has supported me from my early appointments right through to the birth. Her calmness, encouragement, and caring nature meant so much to us.

We were also cared for so wonderfully by Charlotte, Elena, and Ella. Each midwife brought their own unique strengths and compassion, and together they made our journey truly special.

During my C-section, Elena and Ella’s support was incredible — I will be forever grateful for their steady hands and kind words that helped keep me calm throughout.

We’d also like to thank everyone in the theatre team — although we didn’t catch everyone’s names, their professionalism, warmth, and kindness made a huge impact.

We don’t have enough words to express our gratitude. Every single person we met went above and beyond, and we’ll always remember how cared for and safe we felt. You’re all true heroes in our eyes.

With heartfelt thanks,
Molly, Niall & baby Freya ❤️

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