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Being Loved in Abobo: What Africa has to Teach us About Supporting Mothers

4th February 2020 By doulamaddie 1 Comment

I am honoured to host this article by my friend and colleague Becky Young. Becky is a doula and breastfeeding counsellor who recently travelled to the Ivory Coast. Read on for her reflections on parenting in this wonderful country and how it throws our way of life in Europe into stark relief.  Continue Reading

Breastfeeding: How Society Makes a Difference

4th April 2018 By doulamaddie 2 Comments

This is a guest post from my lovely friend and doula trainee, Rosie Spampinato. I have encouraged her to write this post to illustrate the power that society has on our breastfeeding journeys. We do not nurse in a vacuum, but are prey to all the influences, good and bad, that society can throw at Continue Reading

Carrying Vs Caching – Which are We?

2nd August 2011 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

Infant care: Cache or Carry To test the hypothesis that a characteristic infant-care pattern existed during most of human history, contemporary hunter-gatherers in a representative sample of world cultures were examined. Numerically coded measures of infant care revealed a uniform pattern. Mothers Continue Reading

Breastfeeding in a Baby Sling

8th May 2011 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

The closeness and comfort of a sling is very conducive to successful breastfeeding and with a bit of practice it is possible to manage hands free! Latching on with your baby in the sling is often trail and error, depending on the kind of sling you use and where you are in your breastfeeding journey Continue Reading

So just what is the problem with pushchairs and prams?

7th May 2011 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

Since they were invented in the 18th Century western culture has seen prams and pushchairs as the default means for getting around with your baby. Once cars took over our lives we needed car seats which we now use to carry babies and in which we leave babies sitting and sleeping for hours. The Continue Reading

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