Jane Hawksley with Private Midwives

28/04/2024

28/04/2024

📢 Have you heard? The ABM conference is in London this year! 📢

🤱Join us for the ABMs Hybrid Conference on June 29th, 2024, at Queen Mary's University, London!

🎉 Whether you're attending in person or virtually, get ready for engaging discussions, insightful presentations, and one of our favourite bits; networking opportunities. Book your tickets now:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/association-of-breastfeeding-mothers-hybrid-conference-2024-tickets-823693277767

28/04/2024

21/02/2024

Love all these amazing mammas feeding their babies in public

As you may already know, this Thursday is World Breastfeeding in Public Day! To celebrate this we'd love to share photos and stories from your experiences breastfeeding in public 💜

If you'd like to be involved, please fill out out consent form and send photos to edit: carneika.washbrook@breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk or post below.

Consent form: https://forms.office.com/e/NrJW4GaX5U

19/02/2024

This month, mothers who gave birth in December 2023, will receive letters from Department of Health and Social Care - DHSC inviting them to take part in the infant feeding survey.

Data from the survey will be valuable for service providers in helping to shape services to support mothers with infant feeding 💜

To find out more about the survey or to opt out, visit: https://infantfeedingsurvey.ipsos.com/2023/

05/01/2024

Love this

"It's also really important to remember that we are the descendants of thousands of generations of women who have successfully given birth.

If you are pregnant, or planning a pregnancy, I want to remind you that you are no less capable than your ancestors were.

You may be living in a culture that wants you to think otherwise, but you can choose what to believe.

You’ve got this.

The female body is really capable of growing, birthing and feeding a baby and, when we support ourselves and each other to do that, intervention is only occasionally needed.

We need to do whatever we can to remind ourselves and others of that."

It really can be hard to remember such things when we live in a culture that consistently undermines positive messages about the female body, often to try and sell us products and services that will make us more "acceptable."

But do you know what?

We're already great, just as we are!

And, while some of us need a bit of help, now and again, the subtle and overt messages telling us that we're intrinsically incapable are often untrue.

It's important to learn; to look at the evidence; to understand the bigger picture.

I wrote a to try and help with that.

It's called "In Your Own Time: how western medicine controls the start of labour and why this needs to stop."

Loads of info and links to find out more or grab your copy at https://www.sarawickham.com/time

28/12/2023

Christmas can feel like a lot for both you and baby, and it's so easy to get overstimulated.

Skin-to-skin can help calm and reconnect you both, making your breastfeeding journey easier. It's also a good excuse to get away from the noise and craziness of the holidays.

To learn more about skin-to-skin, check out: www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/breastfeeding-information/getting-started-with-breastfeeding/skin-to-skin/

ID: Image of baby breastfeeding. "Sometimes feeding over the holidays can become stressful. Skin-to-skin contact without pressure to feed can help you reconnect, relax both you and baby, and make feeding easier."

13/12/2023

Love The Birth Hub Isle of Wight Baby Cafe ❤️

10/12/2023

Great course to help prepare for parenthood

07/12/2023