The Mindful Breastfeeding Blog
An Open Letter to the Mum who is Scared to Try Breastfeeding Again.
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...
How Carving Out Time for Myself Became my Priority
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...
My Story of Low Milk Supply and How Mindfulness Got Me Through
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...
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 would be a very rich woman. The more I hear this phrase repeated to me from stressed, struggling, desperate...
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