Maria Yasnova - Lactation Consultant - IBCLC

25/07/2024

I am fundraising for HealthProm by running the London Big Half (Half Marathon) on the 1st of September. Healthprom Charity is supporting children, vulnerable women and families in Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Afghanistan. Healthprom works closely with Trafalgar Girls in the UK (the action group founded by a local mother Katia Duncan and her friends in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022), furthering our mission to welcome and support women and children from Ukraine finding safety in this country. Please consider donating - this is a real challenge for me as I have 5 weeks to get in shape and complete 21km (13 miles) on the 1st of September. (See some of the Trafalgar Girls in the photo!)
Here is the link to donate: https://2024thebighalf.enthuse.com/pf/maria-yasnova

17/07/2024

I am very proud and happy to share this podcast episode with you! You can feel the oxytocin oozing through the speakers bringing you back to those heady early postpartum days. If you are expecting a baby - do listen in for a taste!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5z5YkRs4VInhiLthxCxEp5...

03/12/2023

12 years ago - unforgettable years of early Motherhood ♥️ Thank you Vincent Giampietro for the photo!

15/11/2023

This podcast is here to serve YOU.
Enjoy, share and send any burning questions you would like to see covered by it.

NEW! LLLGB launches our first podcast today!

We are very excited to launch our new podcast today starting with Episode 1: Why Breastfeeding Support Matters. Listen in as our volunteer breastfeeding counsellors Sarah Fletcher and Maria Yasnova chat about why support matters. They talk about how families may feel when facing breastfeeding difficulties, the vulnerability and the urgency of seeking help in the early days and beyond.

Download now and subscribe! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lllgb/episodes/Why-Breastfeeding-Support-Matters-e2banos

13/11/2023

Here is a real labour of love and passion for mothers, babies and breastfeeding! Download, follow, share and listen to the first episode on Wednesday the 15th of November!

NEW! Coming soon – LLLGB’s new podcast!

LLLGB is launching a new podcast on Wednesday where we will be chatting about breastfeeding support at all ages and stages. Click here to listen to the trailer and get ready to download the full episode later this week:

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lllgb/episodes/Podcast-Trailer-e2baojp

[Image: The podcast cover with lots of colourful circles/breast in a square matrix, with the title Breastfeeding Matters. Text: NEW! The LLLGB podcast. Available for download from 15 November]

31/03/2023

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Deptford Breastfeeding Group is now on Easter break!
See you again on the 20th of April!

22/02/2023

Calling all Mothers in South London!

Mothering as Social Change
When: Thurs 23 Feb at 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Where: The Albany Deptford, Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG (10 min walk from the Leander Centre)
An intimate, interactive focus group exploring mothering as a lens for social change through conversation, creative exercises, moving, writing, and mapping out our observations.
All are welcome, including babies and toddlers. Snacks provided.
RSVP to Catherine at cmduquette@gmail.com or WhatsApp 07566 276744

02/11/2022

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We look forward to supporting you at our new venue now on THURSDAYS 10-12 (term time only) at the Leander Centre, Ship Street, Deptford, SE8 4DH

14/09/2022

Great news!
Our weekly sessions 10am-12pm are resuming at our regular venue The Bear from the 20th of September but the venue is subject to change.
If you are planning to attend after 20th of September, please contact Maria on 07531212738 to confirm new location.
We can't wait to see you and your babies very soon!

28/06/2022

Babies don’t need to be fixed even if they don’t behave the way we expect them too!

When we take a look at mammals, which humans are, we see different types of mothering and we can see how their species-specific milk is designed to mother that way.

We have the nest and cache mammals. These mammals can nurse their babies and leave them in a nest or safe place from anywhere from 4-15 hours before their babies need to feed again. Their milk is high in fat and protein and lower in water. They are able to space out feeds throughout the day.

We have the carry, follow, hibernate mammals. These mammals need to nurse their babies continuously. Their milk is low in fat and protein and high in water. They keep their babies close to them at all times and need to feed them continuously throughout the day.

Guess what the composition of human milk most closely resembles? Here’s a clue, human milk is amongst the lowest in fat and protein and highest in water.

Humans by design are carriers. That’s why our babies want to constantly nurse and be close to us. So often mothers nurse their baby’s and feel that since their baby wants to nurse again, before that stretch we were aiming for them to hold off to, they must not be making enough milk. Or they fear their baby has a sleeping issue because they wake often to be fed and held close. The fact is, your baby and your milk are genetically created to breastfeed and be kept close continuously.

We are carrying mammals living in a nesting mammals world. Society sets us up and supports us to be nesters. From spreading the message that your baby should be sleeping and not feeding throughout the night, that your baby should only eat in designated intervals, the thousand dollar gadgets they try to sell with the promise of long stretches, to the minuscule amount of maternity leave. But our babies aren’t programmed this way and neither are we. This is one reason why parents are so exhausted, we have very little support from our society and our health care system to be the carrying mammals we are born to be.