Supportive Breast/ Chestfeeding - NCT Coventry

05/03/2023

24/02/2023

You are not a milk factory. As you feed, your child's heart rate slows, their attachment hormones spike, their microbiome is nourished and their brain falls into a deep, restorative calm, much like adult brains do during meditation.⁠
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Suckling causes oxytocin release in both mother and child, promoting a felt sense of wellbeing, safety, love and contentment. ⁠
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Oxytocin lowers blood pressure and stress reactivity in mothers. In infants, oxytocin increases resilience to stress and drives the formation of more oxytocin receptors in the amygdala (for healthy social behaviour and a lowered risk for anxiety). ⁠
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Simultaneous oxytocin release, repeated over time, changes both mother and infant brains, in ways that underpin long term attachment and synchronicity. It literally rewires brains in favour of love and wellbeing.⁠
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You are not a milk factory.⁠ You are a retreat, a safe space, a perfect tonic.⁠
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You are laying the foundations of long term wellbeing with every feed. ⁠
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You are a hero.⁠

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08/02/2023

Front wrap cross carry with a size 6 from little frog , this wrap is now in the library after being used for my youngest 2 , it is buttery soft and a great starter wrap due to the stripes . If you are interested in trying a woven pop along to our sling meet on the 18th February at Allesley Park Community Centre or if you would like a more in depth tutorial or want to learn to back carry a private consult would be ideal prices starting from £20 .

02/02/2023

I want to hear more about how she overcame her mental health struggles like postpartum depression and anxiety 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.⁣⁣
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I want to hear more about how she was able to find her balance with a newborn 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.⁣⁣
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I want to hear more about her feeding journey and support her through that 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.⁣⁣
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I want to hear more about how she and her partner reconnected after baby 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.⁣⁣
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I want to hear more about how she mentally felt like herself again 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.⁣⁣
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I want to hear more about how she conquered the overwhelming loneliness 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.⁣⁣
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I want to hear about how she found her strength and learned what she was made of 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.⁣⁣
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Because to be honest,⁣⁣
between bonding with her newborn and other children,⁣⁣
learning to trust herself,⁣⁣
taking the bad days in stride,⁣⁣
learning how to deal with feeling overwhelmed,⁣⁣
the least important thing is how she got her body back.⁣
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So, tell me about ANYTHING but that.⁣

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12/01/2023

Saturday 21st January is our first sling meet of 2023! We can't wait to see you there !
To make things run a bit smoother please create a MyTurn account before attending . If you would like to reserve anything please drop me a message and I can put it by for you. If you would like to hire please arrive by 3pm I will see people in the order they arrive unless a few people require the same type of sling then may group people together.

31/12/2022

Pelé and breastfeeding

In the 1980s and 90s UNICEF was involved in promoting many innovative methods of social mobilization to influence child-friendly public policies in Brazil. One example was promotion of breastfeeding to enhance child health and to reduce the high rates of infant mortality and malnutrition. Due to the aggressive marketing of baby milk formulas by private multinational companies, breastfeeding had declined dramatically to the point that in the 1980s only eight percent of Brazilian mothers exclusively breastfed their babies during the first six months. UNICEF explored how best it could help reverse this dangerous trend.

Efforts to promote breastfeeding by the Ministry of Health and by concerned pediatricians were not producing the desired results in the face of very aggressive and deceptive advertising by the infant formula companies. In its search for who might be the most respected and credible messenger whose advice mothers would pay attention to, UNICEF came up with the most unusual yet obvious choice: Pelé—Brazil’s most popular and the world’s best football player.

It did not take much effort for UNICEF to convince Pelé to lend his name to this worthy mission of saving the lives and protecting the health of millions of Brazilian children. Decline in breastfeeding affected all segments of Brazil’s population but the worst consequences were among the poorest. Many poor women were influenced by formula advertisers who presented bottle-feeding as the healthy and glamourous alternative to breastfeeding. Rich and beautiful women were shown as preferring bottle-feeding over breastfeeding. Even doctors and nurses in hospitals were enlisted by infant formula companies to influence new mothers to switch to bottle-feeding.

As the world’s leading child health organizations, UNICEF, WHO and the International Pediatric Association, had uncontested scientific evidence that breastfeeding was the best nutrient for infants, and that exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and continued breastfeeding for up to two years with gradual introduction of healthy weaning foods protected children from infection, malnutrition and common childhood diseases. With rare exceptions, all mothers are capable of breastfeeding which has many lifelong advantages for infants as well as for their mothers and society as a whole.

With such arguments UNICEF convinced Pelé to be its champion for breastfeeding. It helped prepare an attractive poster that was plastered all over the country in which Pelé’s mother was shown patting her famous son on the shoulder and saying: “Of course, he is the best football player in the world. I breastfed him!”

This poster became the centre-piece of a breastfeeding promotion campaign that led to a dramatic increase in exclusive breastfeeding to almost 40 percent within a few years. The lives of thousands of Brazilian children were saved and health of millions improved as a result of this campaign.

24/11/2022

The Belgrade Theatre has joined the national ‘Warm Welcome’ campaign, to support local people through the winter months.

09/11/2022

We will have some wonderful goodies from Hanstitched at our sling meet ! Perfect Xmas presents or just a little treat to yourself . 😍 how beautiful are these !

26/10/2022

If you need a reminder 🥰

25/10/2022

24/10/2022

Women at risk of pregnancy loss who need a specialist surgical procedure could benefit from a single-stranded suture thread to reduce risk of infection, according to new research.

Clinicians at our Women's Hospital teamed up with the University of Birmingham to run the C-STICH study - the largest of its kind.

The team found that the mothers treated with single stranded threads had no differences in pregnancy loss or preterm birth, but reported fewer instances of infection and sepsis.

More on our website 👉 https://orlo.uk/DWK40

22/10/2022

Babies are born with a pretty primal brain - designed simply to keep them safe. The rest develops as they grow. This means that they will protest if they think they might be in danger, and their brain is designed in such a way that they feel safest on an adult chest. Its really logical - leave your baby somewhere cold and open and his brain thinks a wolf might eat him. The brain isn't evolved to understand that we have warm homes and safe cots. Babies feel safe when held. They aren't controlling you, wrapping you around their finger, or getting into bad habits. They are seeking safety in your arms.