Saddleworth Bumps, Birth & Beyond

Saddleworth Bumps, Birth & Beyond Antenatal classes for parents to be, run by qualified (NCT trained) Birth & Beyond Practitioner.

Learning about your baby's development, birth and the postnatal period to baby care. LGBT Inclusive.Classes run for 2 hours, one evening over a 4 week period.

25/04/2025

Measles is currently circulating in Oldham. We have a number of confirmed cases, and the majority of these cases are in babies under the age of one. All required actions have been taken to protect the residents of Oldham.

Measles is a very infectious disease that can lead to serious complications or even death. It is easy to catch and spreads quickly and easily. People can catch measles at any age and one in five people with measles will need to go to hospital.
Unvaccinated young children and pregnant woman are at the highest risk of severe measles complications.

Children under one year old have not yet had the opportunity to have an MMR vaccine. We can protect them by ensuring measles is not circulating in our community. The only way to do this, is to have everyone who is old enough to be vaccinated receive their two doses of the MMR vaccine.

The vaccine is safe and can be given at any age, even if you have had it before. You can also ask for an MMR vaccination which does not contain ingredients like gelatin if you wish.

What to do next:

· Check whether you and your children have had the vaccine

· Your GP will be happy to help and arrange an appointment

· Be aware of the symptoms of measles and call your GP if you have any concerns

o A prominent red rash is the most obvious symptom but often occurs later than other symptoms
o A high temperature
o A runny or blocked nose
o Sneezing
o A cough
o Red, sore, watery eyes
o Small white spots inside the cheeks or on the back of the lips

More information about measles and the MMR vaccine is available at

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/measles/

15/04/2025

Your baby's early experiences shape their development. Find out how to build a strong relationship with your baby to help give them the best start in life.

09/04/2025

The natural term for us humans to breastfeed is anywhere between 2 and 7+ years. Some babies stop earlier, some children carry on for longer. It’s thought that the eruption of the permanent set of teeth (losing your milk teeth) influences this timescale.

Many cultures around the world breastfeed until natural term, including many women in the Western world. This age range is only surprising in cultures that interrupt breastfeeding, often without realising it or knowing which norms are biological and which are cultural.

The concentration of fats and proteins increase as the baby grows into a toddler, along with increased levels of antibacterial and antiviral components such as lysozyme, which is an anti-inflammatory, and destroys bacteria.

Lysozyme increases in concentration from about 6 months old, when babies become more independently mobile and everything (toys, sand, twigs, the cats biscuits?) goes straight in the mouth, and keeps increasing after the first year.

The concentration of Lactoferrin also increases over time. Lactoferrin inhibits the growth of some cancerous cells. It also helps our babies to absorb their own iron stores, whilst binding to the iron in our baby’s body which prevents it from being available to harmful microorganisms that need iron to survive. Lactoferrin also kills the bacteria strep mutans, which causes tooth decay and cavities.

Our body’s immune system takes around 6 years to become fully mature, so the support of the protective factors in human milk until our immune system can fully function on its own seems play a part in the timescale of natural term weaning too.

Longer term breastfeeding is also associated with reduced risk of diseases for the mother, including breast cancer.

We acknowledge that many mothers find it difficult to establish breastfeeding in the first place, that breastfeeding is a multi-layered investment on the part of a mother and that natural term feeding might not feel like - or be - a possibility for many.

Or you might simply not want to. We're not here to tell anyone what to do.

We also acknowledge that lack of information about our biology contributes to the lack of support for mothers when they want to establish - or continue - breastfeeding, but cannot find the help they need from people who understand why it matters so much, or what is normal.

Let's continue to turn that around.

More information and references about how remarkable you are at https://human-milk.com/pages/science-of-breastmilk

30/03/2025
14/11/2024

Antenatal sessions in your own home bespoke to you. 2 x 2 hour sessions at your convenience covering all aspects of birth, pain relief, postnatal cares, feeding and changing family dynamics. Please drop me a message for more details or to book in some sessions.

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