A GP’s Guide to Breastfeeding for New Parents World Breastfeeding Week 2018

Breastfeeding

By Dr Tom York, dad-of-one, NHS-registered and private GP for GPDQ, the UK’s first doctor-on-demand app Breastfeeding has various advantages over formula feeding; it’s free so helps save parents and the NHS money. It’s healthy, the antibodies found in breast milk cannot be replicated in formula milk and give your baby an important early boost to … Read more

The end of my breastfeeding journey . . .

The end of my breastfeeding journey . . . 1

Last Thursday afternoon (16th January) marked a bittersweet moment for me as I breastfed Jelly Bean for the very last time. I consider myself to be a very lucky Mummy because when I first became a Mum in 2008 to Little Bean my breastfeeding journey began. Like many expectant Mums I knew from the moment … Read more

036/365-2013 – Transitional Care/Coming Home

036/365-2013 – Transitional Care/Coming Home 2

I woke up this morning feeling much more human than yesterday. We had a really good night, near perfect in fact. Jelly Bean woke up every 3 hours for a feed like clockwork and because I wasn’t expressing I was able to get straight off to sleep as soon as he had finished feeding which … Read more

034/365-2013 – Transitional Care

034/365-2013 – Transitional Care 4

Returning home from the hospital on Friday, our journey with Jelly Bean took a challenging turn. His labour had been unexpectedly swift, a story I’ll delve into another time, leaving him congested with mucus. Despite immediate skin-to-skin contact and my efforts to nurse, he seemed disinterested, spending most of his first day in a deep … Read more

Breastfeeding Diary

babble.com After breastfeeding my daughter Little Bean for 6 months and now breastfeeding my son Beanie Boy (5 days old) I have decided to create a “diary style” page about the first few weeks of breastfeeding as I had forgotten how difficult those first few weeks can be. I’m hoping that my Breastfeeding Page might … Read more