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Taboo-bie, Aldershot (2025)

27/12/2022

Ever wondered why some families choose to harvest their colostrum during their pregnancy?

Colostrum is packed full of nutrients and protective factors that are ideal for babies small tummies, meaning even if you choose not to breastfeed, colostrum could be a great way of kick starting baby's immunity. It's super easy for baby's to digest, and helps seed a healthy gut micobiome. Colostrum is highly concentrated and so young babies only need very small volumes. Most newborn babies need approx 5-7ml of colostrum per feed in the earliest days of life.

Harvested Colostrum can help sleepy babies who may find latching tricky, those who have low blood glucose, or those who are taking a little longer to learn to breastfeed.

The success of harvesting colostrum has zero correlation to the success of a breastfeeding journey and volumes achieved certainly do not indicate a mother's milk supply, but it can be a useful skill to practise before the baby is born and is seen as safe to practise from 35-37 weeks of pregnancy.

https://www.laleche.org.uk/antenatal-expression-of-colostrum

24/12/2022

Merry Christmas one and all ♥️

06/08/2021

Where can you find support if things don't go to plan:

Helplines-
National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212.
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers: 0300 330 5453.
La Leche League: 0345 120 2918.
National Childbirth Trust (NCT): 0300 330 0700

Helplines are usually answered by volounteers who have had specific training in telephone counselling and breastfeeding.

Facebook groups -
There are many Facebook groups available to give support and advice. Be sure to use the ones where admin are trained in Breastfeeding such as:
Breastfeeding guidance and support UK
Breastfeeding yummy Mummys
Breastfeeding information and support UK

Local face to face drop ins-
Many areas have support groups or drops in that you can attend for peer and trained support. Often Breastfeeding counsellors run these sessions alongside peer supporters

Midwife/infant feeding team -
If you're no longer under your midwife you can ask your HV to refer you back to the IFT at your hospital.

IBCLC - the highest accreditation available in lactation, an international board certified lactation consultant will be able to help with complicated feeding issues and oral assessments, some are trained in other areas such as tongue tie divisions or sleep. You can find an IBCLC here:

Some of them are available over social media platforms too. They will usually have IBCLC in their title, but do not be afraid to ask to see their credentials. IBCLC is a protected title and only those with the accreditation may use it.

https://lcgb.org/

05/08/2021

Combi feeding your baby is a valid Breastfeeding journey. Even just 50ml of breastmilk a day is considered to have long lasting benefits to you and your Baby.

https://kellymom.com/ages/weaning/wean-how/weaning-partial/

Colostrum is rich in secretory IgA, leukocytes, Lactoferrin and EGF.
Colostrum helps create a healthy gut microbiome, with molecules and microbes working to protect your baby's gut.

Some mothers choose to feed their baby colostrum before moving onto formula, and even this is extremely beneficial to a baby. If you only fed colostrum to your baby, your breastfeeding journey deserves to be celebrated.

https://kellymom.com/pregnancy/bf-prep/how_breastmilk_protects_newborns/

Exclusive pumping is not for the faint hearted. Finding time to pump and feed baby your expressed milk can be tricky, but it is doable! Getting help from a partner or family member/friend can save a little time, meaning you can focus on your pumping sessions. Here are some tips on improving milk yield for those in need of a boost

http://www.nancymohrbacher.com/articles/2012/6/27/to-pump-more-milk-use-hands-on-pumping.html

And

https://med.stanford.edu/newborns/professional-education/breastfeeding/maximizing-milk-production.html

Feeding beyond babyhood is often seen as a taboo, or wierd but did you know that The World Heath Organisation recommends complimenting your baby's solid diet with breastmilk until they are at least 2 years old? If breastfeeding is working for you, continuing until your baby's second birthday or beyond has been proven to have wonderful beenfits.

https://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/ebf-benefits/
Let's celebrate all feeding journeys, no matter how long or short. You're all amazing!

04/08/2021

Why Breastfeed? Breastfeeding is the biological normal way to feed your infant. Here are more than 100 reasons why we should try Breastfeeding:
https://milkmatters.org.uk/over-101-reasons-to-breastfeed/:

Thinking of formula and don't know where to start? First steps nutrition has guides on the ingredients of formula, how to make formula safety, difference between brands and other wonderful information, helping you to make informed choices.
https://www.firststepsnutrition.org/parents-carers

You don't have to have a good milk supply to feed baby at the bresdt (skin to skin is so beneficial to any baby) Feeding via an SNS is a wonderful option is you need to supplement with donor milk or formula
https://www.laleche.org.uk/in-praise-of-at-breast-supplementers/

Transgender, non binary and genderqueer individuals are capable of breastfeeding too! Some wonderful information here:
https://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/transgender-parents-chestbreastfeeding/.

Exclusive pumping is not for the faint hearted, but plenty of parents find a way that works for them. There are tonnes of reasons why a mother may choose to exclusively pump, and any one of these is valid. Here's more info https://www.laleche.org.uk/exclusively-expressing-breastmilk-for-your-baby/ #:~:text=When%20babies%20cannot%20feed%20at,is%20known%20as%20exclusive%20pumping.

Donor milk is a wonderful way of getting some of those goodies missing from formula into your baby. Freezing does kill off some of the wonder but it's so jam packed, there's still plenty left after freezing. Here is all you need to know about receiving donor milk.
https://ukamb.org/receiving-donor-milk/

03/08/2021

Why do we need to normalise Breastfeeding?

Human milk is perfect for our babies, it is biologically expected yet many babies are not fed in this biologically normal way, when other parents experience feeding as a norm, they are more likely to succeed in the journey they hope for. The more we see Breast /Chest feeding, the easier it is for someone to actually do it, and the less surprises there are. Feeding parent's become less worried about getting their breasts out in public, or feeding their baby with them! Humans are huge social and visual learners. Children who witness body feeding, are learning how to hold a baby when feeding, they are seeing the behaviours of a newborn baby and are learning what is normal and expected of our species.
Breastfeeding/Human milk is extremely important for the future health of our children, the future of our NHS and for the future of our environment.
Normalising breastfeeding now will save the future NHS millions, and could go a way towards helping climate change!

https://breastfeedingneeds.com/why-do-we-need-to-normalize-breastfeeding

How can we normalise Breastfeeding? .

- Talk about breastfeeding to anyone who will listen. Children/friends/elders. The more we talk about feeding babies with our breasts or chests, the less sexualised and taboo it becomes.
- Feed wherever you're legally allowed to be, and if you're comfortable doing so - do it without a cover. UK law protects you! It states that a breastfeeding person can not be discriminated against because they are brestfeeding. This includes being asked to leave somewhere you and your baby are allowed to be. There's no age limit on this law either so you can feed your older nursling too!
- Normalise Breastfeeding for your children. Teach them that babies normal milk is from a human (but that doesn't mean you have to avoid talking about formula). Read them stories. Show them videos.
- Share your journey on social media if you want to.

Normalise ❤️

03/08/2021

It is so important to me that parents have all the right information and support. Our government fails women daily, hourly even by failing to properly invest in skilled feeding support. It consistently fails to recognise the value of, and need for, all round post partum support for women.

02/08/2021

These are just the ingredients we know about. There are many more undiscovered components to human milk and I hope over the years more research will be done to find out what they are for.

Here are some of my favourites :

Lactoferrin - A Protein that binds to iron to make it unavailable to harmful bacterias and viruses.

Leptin and Ghrelin - Hormones that regulate appetite. These encourage baby to finish feeding when they are full, and can help lower babies chances of becoming obese in adulthood.

FIL (Feedback Inhibitor of Lactation ) - A hormone that tells your breasts when to stop producing milk. If your breasts are full of FIL then they make less milk, if your breasts do not have much FIL, then they produce more milk!

Mucins - Proteins that bind with bacteria and viruses to prevent them from slinging to mucousla tissues in the body.

SIgA ( secretory immunoglobulin) - protects baby from pathogens encountered in their or the mothers environment giving targeted protection.

Long chain fatty acids make up 88% of the fats in breastmilk and these are vital for brain and eye development.

I could go on - there are so many good things in the living tissue that is human milk. It's forever changing to suit the baby's needs, protecting and helping them to Grow.

Formula can be pretty good too, but does not change to suit the baby's needs. This is why when giving formula the volumes need to increase as baby grows. This is not the case with baby's who are breast or chest fed directly, as the milk naturally contains more fats when it needs to.

Check out this link for a full comparison:

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/baby/ingredients-in-breast-milk-and-formula/

01/08/2021

This is wonderful 🥰

01/08/2021

World Breastfeeding Week!

Why do we have Breastfeeding Week?

Human Feeding rates in the UK and USA are very low (we don't know exactly how low, but the last infant feeding survey in 2010 showed that only 1% of UK mothers were exclusively breast or chest feeding by the time their baby was 6 months old - did you know that WHO recommends exclusive Breastfeeding until 6 months, and then to feed human milk alongside solids until at least 2 years of age? ). Rates are low due to the lack of support (many families having to give up body feeding before they want or had planned to), the lack of positive media surrounding breastfeeding, and Public Health cuts. The NHS could save 50million a year if more children were fed human milk (donor milk counts!).

Breastfeeding is also about so much more than the food aspect. It brings comfort, and warmth, and OXYTOCIN (the best hormone)! Exclusive milk removal gives a tonne of benefits to the lactating parent too, such as lowered risk of reproductive cancers and obeisity.

Over the next week we will be looking at different aspects of breast or chest feeding and why it's so important to normalise breastfeeding for our future generations and the future of our planet.

14/06/2021

Hasn’t the weather in the UK been glorious this week?

Good news on the boobin’ front.. no need to faff around with extra water for exclusively breast or chest fed babies. Your milk adapts to suit baby’s needs and during hotter weather, contains more water. Offer feeds often to help keep baby hydrated. That’a one less thing to pack for the beach ❤️

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