private breastfeeding help

[petemurphy]

yes i know its not mumsnet!

are there such things as lactation consultants in the uk and if so anyone know of any near tunbridge wells?

ta

[williamp]

are you a member of NCT? they have lots of help

Often the hospitals have breastfeeding help- ours even has a 24h phone call for advice for new mothers.

[petemurphy]

they have the midwives who have been good but want someone to stay longer and more frequently as the other half is struggling

[davepoth]

Yes, you want Lactaction Consultants Great Britain.

www.lcgb.org

or indeed google it.

http://www.google.co.uk/#sclient=psy&hl=en&amp...

[bexVN]

There are often local breast feeding support groups. My health visitor was a breast feeding counsellor and I attended a local support group that she helped run, I found it really useful and gave me confidence to continue when I almost gave up (I did mixed feeding in the end but almost quit completely)

First few days are very hard, I was very naive and thought it'd be easy. It was made harder becasue my little boy was a small baby and we discovered he had tongue tie that made him feeding from me harder.

Remember there is no shame in an occasional top up feed to help if things are proving a struggle to start with but the good news is babaies don't need much for the first few days.

Is baby gaining weight?

[GingerWizard]

Personally i would as soovy or cockwomble. Bound to know.....

[ewenm]

Contact your local NCT group - they usually run breastfeeding support groups (my OH thought about mentoring in one of our local groups).

[blindswelledrat]

ewenm said:

Contact your local NCT group - they usually run breastfeeding support groups (my OH thought about mentoring in one of our local groups).

This.
A friend has just had smilar problems and was amazed to find that there were two people living within a couple of hundred yards of his house, one of whom was more than happy to pop round and spend an evening with her, and more if needed.

[petemurphy]

thanks - tried www.lcgb.org but they all seem to be on holiday! have just left a message for nct to ring back had forgotten about them

[BGB autosport]

We had a woman from Breaststart see us in hospital and again once they were both home. Might be worth looking into

[Lois]

Many local areas have a volunteer peer support system who are trained to support new mums. Contact your midwife (if you are still seeing her) or your health visitor who should be able to inform you of your local services.
Nothing is better than having someone sit with her for a full feed, but if there's any advice I can give over email, feel free to message me.

[BlackVanDyke]

blindswelledrat said:

ewenm said:

Contact your local NCT group - they usually run breastfeeding support groups (my OH thought about mentoring in one of our local groups).

This.
A friend has just had smilar problems and was amazed to find that there were two people living within a couple of hundred yards of his house, one of whom was more than happy to pop round and spend an evening with her, and more if needed.

My mum was, and cousin still is, a counsellor for them. As it's almost all volunteers they are much more flexible, I used to go to calls with my mum occasionally, make tea and occasionally hold the baby so that they could talk without the little'un crying - they do really good work.

If anybody's thinking about volunteering etc., go for it.