Breastfeeding Awareness Week

Did you know, this week is Breastfeeding Awareness Week . But there's a snag. Like last year there is no Government funding for this initiative. As midwifry services are stretched to near breaking point, SureStart centres where many mums get breastfeeding advice and support being cut, and you have to wonder where mums will turn to for support.

Luckily there are some fantastic organisations in the UK designed to help support breastfeeding mums.

The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers is a voluntary organisation founded in 1979 by a group of mothers experienced in breastfeeding counselling. Members of the ABM are mainly mothers who are breastfeeding or have breastfed their children in the past.  Their website provides some great tips, advice and information about local support groups.  To celebrate this special week they are offering discount to join as well as highlighting lots of local events taking place round the UK.

Bosom Buddies is a website that offers breastfeeding advice and hosts an online chat forum where you can discuss breastfeeding with other mums and professionals.

La Leche League is an international organisation that is passionate about breastfeeding.  It hosts support groups all over the UK and aims to help mothers to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding, of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the mother.

The NHS online is a useful source of information. As well as information, there is also a newsletter you can sign up to and details of local support groups.

NATIONAL HELPLINES

National Breastfeeding Helpline
0300 100 0212

NCT Breastfeeding Helpline
0300 330 0771

La Leche League Helpline
0845 120 2918

Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
08444 122 949

CALLING ALL MUMMY BLOGGERS.....

If you're a blogger, please write a blog post about breastfeeding and send it to michelle@peekaboocoms.co.uk. 

We will host a blog carnival on this blog featuring all the posts. They can be about your experiences with breastfeeding, some tips or advice, your own thoughts on the government cuts, or suggestions for mums wanting to breastfeed about where they can get help from. Whatever you like - as long as it is about breastfeeding. 

If you would like to run a competition on  your blog to raise awareness of Breastfeeding Awareness Week and need a prize, we have a limited number of nursing bras we can give away as prizes. Please contact us on the email address given above to make arrangements.

 And finally....if you are holding any kind of breastfeeding awareness event, please let us know about it either by emailing us or posting a comment below. We will tweet about it, mention it on this blog and put it up on our Facebook page. So please let us know what what you're doing.

Join us in keeping Breastfeeding Awareness Week alive!