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Breastfeeding Celebration Week?

8th June 2018 By doulamaddie 10 Comments

So the Department of Health have, at the eleventh hour decided we WILL be having a Breastfeeding Week this year. Apparently, in the 4th week of June, there will be a series of blogs by Viv Bennett, Chief Nurse and Director of Maternity and Early Years, and...well, that's it. So that appears to be 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

My Doula Year: banging the drum for justice

31st December 2017 By doulamaddie 5 Comments

It's been quite a year. Not just for me, but for the wider birth world. This year heralded the beginnings of the implementation of the Better Births report. Continuity of Carer is really on the horizon - for those not in the know, that means the prospect of all women being able to get to know a Continue Reading

Myth Busting, Booby Traps and Breastfeeding Success

7th November 2017 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

As a Breastfeeding Counsellor and Doula, I spend a lot of time talking to women (and men) about breastfeeding. I also hang out online rather a lot, reading forums and blogs about my favourite subject. Here are a few of the statements about infant feeding I hear most…and my thoughts in response. Continue Reading

Breastfeeding: The UK’s First Report Card

15th November 2016 By doulamaddie 1 Comment

The general concensus for our end of term report is that opt-quoted phrase, Could do better The teachers are the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative, 'a collaborative national assessment of the implementation of key policies and programmes from the WHO’s Global Strategy for Infant and Young Continue Reading

Babies, Bottles and Feeling Bad..Or…Bog Off Guilt!

8th July 2016 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

GUILT...5 little letters that pack a punch way above the space they take up on the page. 5 little letters that are a heavy cross to bear when you are a parent. For some reason, that burden seems to fall even more heavily on mothers. Every tiny thing we do comes loaded with worry, doubt and Continue Reading

The Evil Nip-Nasties: what to do with cracks and blisters

18th June 2016 By doulamaddie 4 Comments

When I was a little girl I was always grazing my knees climbing trees and falling off my bike. I used to love picking at the scabs, worrying away at the edges to see if it was ready to come off. I loved seeing the brand new pink skin underneath. My mum told me scabs were 'nature's plaster' and to Continue Reading

There’s a crisis going on – right on our doorstep

18th April 2016 By doulamaddie 4 Comments

Not in Africa or Asia, but right here, right now, literally miles from your front door. As I type this, there are families with new babies struggling to feed their families, living in a cold, temporary camp and attempting to make up baby bottles without access to hot water or sterilising Continue Reading

Silence Isn’t Always Golden

26th March 2016 By doulamaddie 11 Comments

Dear Adele, Once, when I lived in Spain, walking home one night from work, a man jumped out at me. He grabbed me from behind and threw me to the floor. He tore huge chunks of hair from my head and proceeded to try to rape me, tearing my summer dress from my body. I fought, adrenaline coursing Continue Reading

The Who’s Who of Breastfeeding

27th July 2015 By doulamaddie 11 Comments

Breastfeeding mums can have a variety of people rock up to help in the early days - and in my experience, many parents can be pretty confused as to who's who and what experience and qualifications they have. This seems like a massive shame to me  - personally, if I wanted to learn Italian, I'd want Continue Reading

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