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Mum to mum breastfeeding peer support and information on our drop ins and Breastfeeding Welcome venues.
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Bingfield Primary Care Centre, 8 Bingfield Street
London
N10AL
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| Monday | 9:30am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9:30am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9:30am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9:30am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9:30am - 5pm |
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Islington Breastfeeding Peer Support Service
Our breastfeeding peer supporters - mums who have breastfed their own babies before having training to help other mums - are here to help Islington’s families with feeding from pregnancy through infancy and beyond. Whatever your breastfeeding goals, we aim to make sure you have the information and support you need to achieve them successfully, comfortably and confidently. You may meet our team, in their distinctive purple shirts, on the postnatal ward and will usually receive a phonecall when you first get home from hospital. You can also call or message us yourself whenever you need support. We run breastfeeding support groups across the borough every day of the week, or we may be able to visit you at home if needed. Our free service is available to all Islington families.
Our breastfeeding support groups are all ‘drop ins’ so you can come along at any point during the session. Some of them run alongside health visitor or midwife clinics so you can pop in after you or your baby have had a health review. If you have particular issues or questions, our supporters are on hand to help, of course, but if you’re looking for a way to meet other breastfeeding families or simply a comfortable place to feed your baby, we’ll be just as happy to see you. Babies and children of any age are very welcome, and so is anyone you bring to support you (although we do ask that men understand that we may need to be flexible according to the needs of other mums). We love to meet bumps as well as babies, so do come along while you’re pregnant too so you know where to find us, and to find out more about what you can expect from breastfeeding in the early days.
Outside of office hours, national support is available between 9.30am-9.30pm from the National Breastfeeding Helpline on 0300 100 0212 (press 2 for support in Polish) or the Breastfeeding Network Supporterline on 0300 100 0210 (or 0300 456 2421 for support in Bengali/Sylheti), or by webchat at www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/chat. There’s lots of useful videos at globalhealthmedia.org/breastfeeding and information and videos at unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/support-for-parents. If you need to take any medication, the pharmacists at www.facebook.com/BfNDrugsinBreastmilkinformation can support you and your health professionals to find the most appropriate options.
Fancy training with us to support other mums yourself? There’s more info on how it works at www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/get-involved/. Let us know you’re interested by phone or message, and we’ll keep you posted on course availability in Islington and nearby boroughs.
