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I’m a warm, friendly IBCLC lactation consultant, supporting all types of infant feeding 🙂

12/03/2026

Introducing a cup is a crucial step for under 1s. It helps build the lip, tongue, cheek and jaw stability muscles needed for speech and swallowing and reduces the risk of tooth decay compared to bottles.

Start offering small sips of plain water or milk (breastmilk or their formula milk) in a free-flow cup from around 6 months of age as part of their daily routine and watch them grow.

Babies do not need juice, tea, fizzy drinks or added sugar in their diet. Water and milk are the only drinks they need.

[Image description: A baby sits in a highchair, drinking from a yellow cup. The child wears a white shirt with blue spots. The Derbyshire Family Health Service logo appears in the top right corner.]

13/01/2026

I don’t know what I’d do without this amazing team! Their factsheets are brilliant and easy to understand, but having an email address for the more complex questions is such a helpful resource :)

13/11/2025

The UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative conference is always such an emotional rollercoaster - the talks, the celebration, the reality of how much work there is still to do, the new evidence. But by the far the best part is forming connections and chatting to those who paved the way for me to grow alongside them :)

23/09/2025

Please don’t listen to male politicians with no medical training trying to give medical advice to pregnant and breastfeeding people! Follow your countries current health recommendations from trusted health sources :)

07/08/2025

It wouldn’t be World Breastfeeding Week without looking at breastfeeding support across the world. The final post for this week is all about GINA: Gaza Infant Nutrition Alliance.
By now, we are all aware of the genocide happening in Gaza and the huge amounts of people who are dying from malnutrition - children and babies included. There is very little infant formula entering Gaza, and what does come through cannot be made up safely due to water contamination and lack of sterilisation. Breastfeeding in war zones and humanitarian crises is vital. GINA are doing amazing work, selflessly training people to deliver lactation support and interventions which is keeping babies alive. They’re working hard to dispel the myth that mothers need to be well nourished to be able to breastfeed and instead providing them with evidence based information to support as much milk production as possible.
Please do support them 🙂

06/08/2025

Hear me out on this one…
The first rule of Fight Club: don’t talk about Fight Club. The first rule* of pumping: don’t think about pumping when you’re doing it.
Having lots of the lovely oxytocin hormone can really help with your pumping output. Oxytocin is also known as the love hormone - you produce it when you have feelings of love or happiness. It’s also the key hormone for releasing breast milk. If you’re feeling worried or stressed about how much milk you get when you pump it can lower your oxytocin and you may not get as much milk out during pumping sessions.
If you can, try to distract yourself while pumping - chat to a partner or friend, look at your baby, watch something funny on TV, eat some of your favourite food. Using socks to cover up the bottles can be helpful too!
What are your favourite pumping tips? *of course there are no particular rules for this, some people find watching their milk collect in the bottle boosts their oxytocin!

04/08/2025

The National Breastfeeding Helpline is a brilliant way to get support 24/7 over the phone and it’s completely free to use! Don’t struggle alone during those 2am cluster feeds :) They also offer support via social media and web chat 12 hours a day

03/08/2025

Sundays are different for every family - for some it’s a day of relaxation, others may go to their place of worship or perhaps cook a traditional Sunday lunch. For many it’s a day to catch up on housework and entertain multiple children. However your Sunday looks, try and spend a little time as just you and your baby to have some uninterrupted bonding together. The dishes can wait :)

02/08/2025

Silver ni**le cups seem to be everywhere at the moment - but are they really needed?
They can be lovely and soothing on tired ni**les (think cluster feeding!) especially if they’ve been kept in the fridge, however there’s no evidence that these have any magical healing properties as they often claim. Despite their hefty price tag, they don’t contain enough medical silver to do anything useful.
There are also things to be cautious of with these - they keep your ni**le very wet with leaked milk which can macerate the skin, cause broken skin, pain and infections. We’ve all sat in the bath too long and had wrinkly white fingers afterwards - this does the same on your ni**les. They can be used in moderation though - I recommend 30 mins max with a break of a few hours before using them again to protect the skins integrity. A cool wet flannel and a little expressed milk/vaseline/coconut oil/ni**le cream is typically all that’s needed to soothe ni**les if feeding is otherwise going well. If you really want to buy some silver, treat yourself to some beautiful jewellery you can show off!

01/08/2025

It’s the start of World Breastfeeding Week! This years theme is about creating sustainable support systems - making sure that the support you need continues. Sometimes this is from healthcare workers, breastfeeding groups, family hubs, partners, friends, family, even pets 🐾 Often it’s a mix of many things! Who’s been your biggest support?

31/07/2025

Are you under 30 years old and had a baby between May 2021 and June 2025?

Mother’s experiences of access to International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) support in the UK

We are conducting research to understand who accesses IBCLC support in the UK and what facilitates this access. You do not need to have breastfed, and you do not need to have received support from an IBCLC to take part.

As a thank you we would like to offer participants the opportunity to be placed in a prize draw to win one of 10 x £20 Love2Shop vouchers.

This is a Swansea University research project led by Emily Lunny as part of a PhD study, supervised by Dr Catrin Griffiths and Professor Amy Brown from the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences. You can contact Emily, Catrin or Amy for further details of the research.
Email Emily: 2457218@swansea.ac.uk
Email Catrin: c.r.griffiths@swansea.ac.uk
Email Amy: a.e.brown@swansea.ac.uk

The research has been approved by the Health and Social Care Research Ethics Committee (approval number 2 2025 13501 13457).

Our research aims to understand mothers’ experiences of accessing IBCLC support in the UK, whether they chose to or were able to access IBCLC support or not.

We understand that talking about infant feeding experiences can be upsetting if things didn’t go to plan. Please contact the Birth Trauma Association or any of the breastfeeding support associations in the UK if this is upsetting for you.
La Leche League: https://laleche.org.uk/
The Breastfeeding Network: https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers: https://abm.me.uk/
The Birth Trauma Association: https://www.birthtraumaassociation.org/

As part of this we are looking for mothers to complete a survey that will take between 20 – 30 minutes depending on how much you would like to say. Our survey will remain open for the next 4 weeks from 24th July to 21st August 2025.

We would like to hear from parents who:
• Are based in the UK
• Had a baby between May 2021 and June 2025
• Breastfed, formula fed, combination fed or anything in between
We would like to hear from mothers and parents no matter how they fed their baby, and whether they received IBCLC support or not.

If you’d like to take part please click the link for further information and the survey questions
https://swanseachhs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8uGyfv2Nl3ugWZ8

15/07/2025

https://breastfeeding-and-medication.co.uk/fact-sheet/norethisterone-and-breastfeeding

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