Breastfeeding
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Poet Hollie McNish felt she wasn’t ready to be a mother when she got pregnant at 26, six years ago. She is also a poet who has channelled her feelings about parenthood into verse
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Letters: The breastfeeding crisis in the UK is a crisis of lack of support for those mothers who want to breastfeed
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My mommy tax: six months of nursing cost more than a year of formula
Kaitlin Bell BarnettStudies that show breastfeeding is the cheapest way to feed children are gauging overall economic impact, not what it can cost individual families -
‘Antiquated’ restrictions which prohibit visitors from entering the chamber lifted to exclude infants in need of care
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Breastfeeding at risk from poor government policies, lack of support for mothers and aggressive formula milk industry, research finds
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Mother expresses disgust in Facebook post after Nottinghamshire WI branch said her new child was not welcome at meetings
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Standing orders bans ‘visitors’ so committee moves to change definition of ‘visitor’ to exclude babies who require the care of a sitting member
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‘You try asking them to create a nice breastfeeding suite where you can get a decent latte, like they have in any normal office’
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The ‘end mommy wars’ advertisement shames mothers by insisting their beliefs are ‘judgments’ of other women. It is also infantalising and insulting
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The first year of mothering can be a lonely place with moments of madness. So surely we should be more understanding of the needs of new mums
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Caroline Starmer, who falsely claimed security guard pulled baby away from her, is told court will consider custodial sentence
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It’s not selfish to expect to breastfeed your child in public (or in parliament). Why do so many men think they can avoid having to deal with kids, though?
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Chief whip reportedly did not realise that nursing mothers have been allowed to bring their babies into the chamber to breastfeed during divisions since 2008
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Alex Dyke to be investigated by Ofcom over remarks during phone-in that included ‘fat chavvy mums with their boobs out on buses isn’t a good look’
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DJ to return to BBC Radio Solent after spokeswoman says he has apologised for offence caused by on-air remarks about women breastfeeding in public
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Alex Dyke won’t present Friday Radio Solent show after saying during phone-in that only ‘librarian-type, moustachioed’ women breastfeed in public
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The Beckhams’ use of a dummy for four-year-old Harper has caused a stir. But I breastfeed my children to a similar age, despite what others think
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Just one in seven mothers in Mexico breastfeeds exclusively in the first six months, as the World Health Organisation recommends
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Clothing retailer says CCTV footage shows no evidence to support claim by woman that infant was forcibly removed from her in Leicester branch
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Breastfeeding classes, midwife visits and peer support are increasingly being scaled backed or stopped, threatening health and wellbeing of new familes
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Gardener’s World presenter tells Radio Times about juggling motherhood and her career – and an incident at the horticultural event
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A woman banned by a court from breastfeeding her child because she was ruled to be at risk of having contracted HIV has had the injunction overturned
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Urgent appeal hearing told judge who banned woman, 20, from breastfeeding because of HIV risk initially wanted her to stop because she had postnatal depression
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I wish I didn't have to rely on Google to help me breastfeed
Rachel Rose HartmanWomen who have little to no lactation support turn to the search engine for advice. That is not sustainable
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We’re all told that breastfeeding is the best start you can give your baby, but it can also be bloody agony – both physically and emotionally. So give new mothers a break
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