Tameside Integrated Infant Feeding Team

16/10/2025

More milk in = increased weight gain
Good information shared here by IBCLC Lucy Webber.

Your health visitor can support you with any concerns you may have about your baby's weight & if appropriate will refer your to the Integrated Infant Feeding Team for additional support.

15/10/2025

Baby Loss Awareness Week culminates with the global “Wave of Light” on 15th October, which is also a globally recognised event.

We invite you to join other families across the world by lighting a candle at 7pm local time and leaving it burning for at least one hour to remember all babies that have died too soon.

To join the virtual Wave of Light, take a photo of your candle and post it to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using at 7pm local time or join our Facebook Event to watch the livestream.

Wherever you do this, you will be joining a global ‘Wave of Light’ in memory of all the babies who lit up our lives for such a short time.💛💔❤️‍🩹

14/10/2025

Tameside Hospital Maternity Services are turning the wooden fence outside Antenatal Clinic pink & blue to raise awareness of pregnancy and baby loss.

Inside the reception area of the Women's Health Unit, you can pick up a pink & blue ribbon to add to the display, in memory of the babies who have gone to soon.

There are carefully crocheted 'pocket hug' hearts, pretty keyrings & ribbon pins available on the display table.

Donations to the Harebell Fund; a fund set up to maintain the dedicated Harebell bereavement suite, a place where provide newly bereaved parents can stay with their baby in a private space away from the main labour unit, are appreciated.

You can make your donation via Just Giving:
www.justgiving.com/charity/tgnhsft
Adding the comment 'Harebell Fund 501'

13/10/2025

It's not too late to book on our next Starting Solids Online session tomorrow, Tuesday 14th October 2025 at 1:00PM.

The session lasts around one hour and gives you lots of opportunity to ask all those questions on your mind, from the comfort of your own home!

Click the link below 👇🏿for further information and to secure your FREE tickets.

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/tameside-intergrated-infant-feeding-team

11/10/2025

10/10/2025

In Tameside we are fortunate to have Finding Rainbows Baby and Child Bereavement Service;🌈 a compassionate and supportive service dedicated to providing a safe and nurturing environment where parents and siblings can find solace, understanding & healing.

Finding Rainbows are inviting the community to join in remembrance of those babies and children who are not with us, in a Wave of Light service held at their community hub at 9 Fletcher Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 8DG on Saturday 11th October 2025, 6pm-8pm.

The charity invite you to write the names of your babies on their tree of remembrance & to join them in lighting a candle as their names are read out loud.

Refreshments are available for those who would like to stay and have a chat afterwards.🍵🫂

For more details:
https://findingrainbows.org

10/10/2025

It's World Mental Health Day 💜
Take a moment to check in on your friends & loved ones!

Did you know if you are over 16, registered with a GP in Tameside or Glossop & are struggling with your mental health you can refer yourself to NHS Tameside & Glossop Talking Therapies.

Talking Therapies offer a safe place and time to talk to someone who won’t judge you. You might want to make sense of things or understand yourself better, resolve complicated feelings or recognise unhelpful patterns on how you act or feel.

They can help if you’re experiencing problems such as:

Depression or low mood
Anxiety or worry
Panic
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Pre and post natal difficulties
Social anxiety
Phobias
Long term health conditions

The service is delivered by a range of trained professionals, including therapists & counsellors, who will help you find the right treatment.

For more information take a look at the website:
https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/tamesidetalk

09/10/2025

This year marks the 22nd year of Baby Loss Awareness Week in the UK – a week for everyone in the baby loss community and beyond to come together to remember and commemorate our much-loved and missed babies.💛💔❤️‍🩹

The Baby Loss Awareness Week Alliance are committed to raising awareness of pregnancy and baby loss, providing support to anyone affected by pregnancy loss and the death of a baby, working with health professionals and services to improve bereavement care, and reducing preventable deaths.

The week also provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss; the importance that bereavement support plays in the ongoing bereavement journey; and of the vital work that is needed to improve pregnancy outcomes and to save babies’ lives.

For more information: https://babyloss-awareness.org

08/10/2025

Calling all parents📢
Experience of both breastfeeding & formula feeding (AKA combination / mixed feeding)?

Tameside Family Hubs want to hear about your experience, to enable us to shape the feeding services we offer in the community.

📍 West Family Hub, Greenside Lane, Droylsden
📅 Tuesday 21st October
🕙 10:00 – 11:30am

Children are welcome & brunch is provided.

For more details & to book your place contact:
familyhubpanels@tameside.gov.uk

07/10/2025

📌Breast Cancer Awareness Month🩷

October is a time for us all to come together and raise awareness of this devastating disease and its effects.

Breast cancer can cause a number of signs and symptoms.

See your GP if you notice a change to your breast that’s new or unusual for you.

Signs and symptoms of breast cancer include:

🆘A lump or swelling in the breast, upper chest or armpit
🆘A change to the skin, such as puckering or dimpling
🆘A change in the colour of the breast – the breast may look darker, red or inflamed
🆘A ni**le change, for example it has become pulled in (inverted)
🆘Rash or crusting around the ni**le
🆘Unusual liquid (discharge) from either ni**le
🆘Changes in size or shape of the breast
🆘On its own, pain in your breasts is not usually a sign of breast cancer. But look out for pain in your breast or armpit that’s there all or almost all the time.

🚹Although rare, men can get breast cancer. The most common symptom of breast cancer in men is a lump in the chest area.

Most breast changes, including breast lumps, are not cancer. But the sooner breast cancer is found, the more successful treatment is likely to be.

For more information & a video showing you how to check your breasts take a look at:
https://www.nhs.uk/tests-and-treatments/how-to-check-your-breasts-or-chest/

06/10/2025

The Integrated Infant Feeding Team are very excited 🎉to announce that we have our new antenatal course for parents, "Womb to World" starting on Wednesday 15th October 2025, 6-8pm.

This free course includes information around feeding choices as well as evidence-based information from our local specialist services on child-parent mental health, labour & birth, pelvic health care & practical advice on caring for your new born. It runs over 4 consecutive weeks.

If you are at least 24 weeks pregnant,🤰🏻 live in Tameside, or know someone who is, let them know about this FREE course being held at Bump & Beyond nursery in the grounds of Ryecroft Hall, in Audenshaw.

You can book your tickets using the following link:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/tameside-intergrated-infant-feeding-team

Places are limited, so don't delay!⏱️

27/09/2025

A lovely overview of the month of August 2025 in the world of Tameside Hospital Maternity Services!🤰🏻🤱🏽👶🏻