When 35-year-old Aisha* gave birth to her second child, she felt that the world was completely against her. Her caesarian scar was not healing, her baby son would not feed, he wouldn’t sleep, and it felt like her wider family were blaming her as she wanted to breastfeed rather than bottle feed. ...
National Lottery funded Better Start Bradford is launching a new Breastfeeding Support project from 29 October 2018. The new project will be delivered by Health for All and offers practical and emotional support for families with a baby up to 6 months old, who are breastfeeding or mixed feeding (mix...
Community Stars winner, Alice Wilkinson is celebrating again after securing a Parents in the Lead award for her breastfeeding pack project. Alice, who won the Early Years Community Stars category thanks to her innovative breastfeeding idea, will receive £410 to be able to provide more breastfeed...
In World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August), Rubie Ahmed, Breastfeeding peer support worker shares her own breastfeeding struggles and how those experiences inspired her to want to help others. Rubie's blog Hi I'm Rubie Ahmed, I'm a ‘Breastfeeding peer support worker’, which falls into my ‘Pr...
In National Breastfeeding Celebration Week (26 June) Better Start Bradford is launching its Bradford Doulas project, which offers practical and emotional support to expectant families six weeks before the birth, during labour and six weeks after the birth, through trained volunteers. Big Lottery...