by mammalia | Dec 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Congratulations on your second pregnancy! I know that the thought of life with a newborn again feels exhilarating, but terrifying at the same time. I know that you usually avoid thinking about your previous breastfeeding experience, how hard it was, how much...
by mammalia | Oct 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
So I’m doing it again! I’m on a plane, on my own, heading off to do something just for me, for the 4th time this year! Sound extreme? Perhaps, if you have a young family, it might do and certainly. in the early years of parenthood and especially when I was...
by mammalia | Jul 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Despite knowing that it was likely I would struggle to provide enough milk for my 3rd child, nothing prepared me for the range of deep emotions I would experience over the first 9 months of her life. The two breastfeeding journeys that I had experienced with my sons...
by mammalia | Jul 10, 2018 | breastfeeding, IBCLC, Mindful Breastfeeding, Professionals
As the saying goes – if I had £1 for every parent who came to me and had been told that a latch looks good and yet is struggling with every single breastfeed, I would be a very rich woman. The more I hear this phrase repeated to me from stressed, struggling, desperate...
by mammalia | Jun 11, 2018 | birth, breastfeeding, parenting, pregnancy
Why the phrase “the latch looks good” epitomises all that is wrong with Breastfeeding Support in the UK. As the saying goes – if I had £1 for every parent who came to me and had been told that a latch looks good and yet is struggling with every single breastfeed, I...
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