7 ways you can help a nursing mother during World Breastfeeding Week
This week is World Breastfeeding Week. I breastfed both of my children, successfully with my daughter and unsuccessfully with my son, so I know how challenging it can be. A lot of people assume the ability to breastfeed comes naturally to all mothers but that’s simply not the case and this misconception can cause a […]
5 years ago
#ToBeHonest: I really miss bonding with my baby through breastfeeding
This week is World Breastfeeding Week. All over social media I’m seeing mums post photos of themselves breastfeeding their children. It brings back a lot of happy memories of when I breastfed my own children but it also made me pine for those days a little too. My breastfeeding journey was not straightforward at all. […]
5 years ago
NUK has created a Breastfeeding Bundle to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week
So handy! This week is World Breastfeeding Week and to celebrate NUK has created a Breastfeeding Bundle exclusive to McCauley Pharmacy. Containing all of the essentials for breastfeeding mothers to get started, whether they choose to combine bottle and breastfeeding or simply want to get baby used to taking breast milk from a bottle, the […]
6 years ago
One in six mums admit to having felt sexually harassed while breastfeeding in public
A new study has revealed that as many as one in six women has faced unwanted sexual attention while breastfeeding in public. The research, done ahead of World Breastfeeding Week, was conducted by baby product brand Tommee Tippee. And what the researcher found was nothing short of disturbing. More than a quarter of women (26 […]
6 years ago
Breastfeeding initiation rates maintained during Covid-19 due to increased support
This is brilliant. To mark World Breastfeeding Week ( August 1-7 ), the Rotunda Hospital has announced that breastfeeding initiation rates were maintained in the hospital during the first six months of 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Data gathered at the end June 2020 reveal that 69 per cent of new mothers-initiated breastfeeding prior to […]
6 years ago
Actress Troian Bellisario on her ‘complicated’ relationship with breastfeeding
Actress Troian Bellisario has opened up about her “complicated” relationship with breastfeeding. The Pretty Little Lairs star and her husband, Suits’ Patrick J. Adams, welcomed their first child together in October 2018. In a candid Instagram post earlier this week, the 33-year-old admitted she “would never have thought something so simple would be so complicated.” View this post […]
7 years ago