These packages cover a range of topics designed to help health
professionals support mothers with feeding and managing the challenges.
Be part of the community of
professionals supporting mothers and babies with breastfeeding, as well as working strategically to improve breastfeeding in the UK and the recognition of our profession.
Not exact matches
When
mothers are especially vulnerable, it would seem wise for child and family
professionals to pay particular attention to
supporting positive and substantial father - child interaction.
Women, it seems, are still the only people worth talking to in the multi-million pound maternity and baby industry — and the same goes for our health
professionals, who tend to see their client as the
mother, rather than taking on the bigger challenge of communicating more holistically with the
support network that surrounds the baby — which in most cases includes its father.
In the
supporting materials for
professionals, only
mothers» mental health is considered,
professionals provide
support only to
mothers, only men are violent and when addressing family violence, perpetrators are not to be engaged with.
• The need for
professional support does not diminish over time: fathers of older disabled children, like
mothers, feel less
supported and in greater need of services than fathers of younger children (Suelzle & Keenan, 1981).
• While the fathers are less likely to receive
support from
professionals (for review, see SCIE, 2005b) and are less likely to seek emotional
support (Pelchat et al, 2003), they are actually more willing than
mothers to seek outside help (Lamb & Laumann - Billings, 1997).
• In Norway (2005 - 6) two 8 - session courses for ten men, all of whom were the partners of women being treated for pre or postnatal depression were organised through the clinic the
mothers were attending, with strong
support from clinic
professionals and
mothers.
As a
mother, lactation expert, childbirth educator, and
mother's
support facilitator, I also have research - based reasons why this is important to us as a community of
mothers and
professionals:
providing an accurate peer - to - peer
support network for both
mothers and health
professionals throughout the country.
I personally think the key thing is to stop having people and
professionals that are in a new
mother's
support network actively sabotaging her breastfeeding relationship.
The service aims to be useful to the half a million British men who become dads each year, as well as to the estimated 8 million who are already fathers — and to the
mothers and
professionals who
support them.
But the Strategy focuses only on
professional childcare as a tool for
supporting mothers to work.
Young dads are some of the most marginalised parents in the UK; apart from via a few enlightened services, like Young Dads TV, they often lack
support from families and
professionals — even when in a close relationship with the
mother of their children.
And Bringing fathers in, our own freely downloadable topic sheets, backed by research summaries, are designed to help
professionals support infant mental health and early child development, through engaging with both fathers and
mothers.
If you are feeling depressed or simply overwhelmed by
mothering --- at any stage of that journey — seek the help and
support of a medical
professional.
A doula is a
professional trained in childbirth who provides emotional, physical, and educational
support to a
mother who is expecting, is experiencing labor, or has recently given birth.
They are responsible in turn for the education and
support of some 70,000 health
professionals across England who reach 650,000
mothers and babies every year.
BFLG brings together the main health
professional and
mother support groups in working to bring UK legislation into line with international standards.
by Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC One of the most powerful arguments many health
professionals, government agencies and formula company manufacturers make for not promoting and
supporting breastfeeding is that we should «not make the
mother feel guilty for not breastfeeding».
In the UK, Baby Milk Action coordinate a project monitoring the baby food industry on behalf of the Baby Feeding Law Group a coalition of leading health
professional and
mother support organisations.
I'm grateful to my NHS Lothian colleagues for
supporting me over the years, to LCGB and La Leche League for the
professional education and nurturing they continue to provide, and to all the
mothers and babies who have so kindly allowed me to learn through their experiences.»
In the UK, Baby Milk Action is the secretariat for the Baby Feeding Law Group, a coalition of leading health
professional and
mother support groups and a founder of the Conflict of Interest Coalition.
As we explain below, the UK law contains numerous loopholes and all leading UK health
professional bodies,
mother support groups and even the government's own experts have called for them to be strengthened.
There were representatives of many health
professional organisations and
mother support groups at the meeting who
supported the formation of the APPG.
It comprises 600 infant feeding specialists and
supports 30,000 health
professionals who, in turn, are responsible for caring for more than 650,000
mothers.
If you don't need a
professional consultation, but want to find other breastfeeding moms to hang out with, commiserate about your breastfeeding challenges, or ask basic breastfeeding questions, you can search our listings of volunteer counselors such as La Leche League Leaders, Breastfeeding USA counselors, and Nursing
Mothers» counselors, for
support and community.
As a breastfeeding educator, I hope to create more of an awareness about the importance of breastfeeding with other health
professionals as well as provide individual and group breastfeeding
support to new
mothers to help work towards making positive change.
Non-breastfeeding
mothers should receive immediate
support from
professionals to assist with safe feeding options, such as hand expression or cup feeding.
Parents experiencing unplanned - for surgical birth (nearly 30 % of Ventura County
mothers have surgical births, many unplanned), or other unexpected outcomes encounter more challenges, which can be addressed with persistence and
professional and peer
support till babe is thriving on mamas breast.
As for the
mother component, a lactation
professional can
support via expanding arsenal of holds and / or assessing effectiveness of holds, assessing breast condition, teach hand expression, educate on milk movement massage, and equip mom with the tools and knowledge to overcome any breastfeeding challenge.
As
professionals in lactation, we are both working toward the same end of
supporting new
mothers, meeting them where they need us and providing them with resources and choices so that she can best decide what is best for her and her family.
Bosom Buddies Breastfeeding
Support Group provides peer and professional support for all of your breastfeeding or mothering needs and questions in a relaxed and caring envir
Support Group provides peer and
professional support for all of your breastfeeding or mothering needs and questions in a relaxed and caring envir
support for all of your breastfeeding or
mothering needs and questions in a relaxed and caring environment.
Whatever your breastfeeding or
mothering questions may be, they will be acknowledged and
supported in a relaxed and caring environment, through peer and
professional support.
Mothers who receive
professional antenatal and postnatal breastfeeding
support find breastfeeding easier and breastfeed for longer.
Breastfeeding Group: Peer and
professional breastfeeding
support for all
mothers.
Health care
professionals are
supporting the non-separation of
mother and infant before age 2 for overnight contact with the non-resident parent, but the English courts are totally ignoring this advice and order overnight contact.
Henschel Dora, Sally Inch BREASTFEEDING — A GUIDE FOR MIDWIVES Butterworth - Heinemann, 2nd ed., 2002 Suitable for all healthcare
professionals who
support women immediately after birth, this British book advocates for building the
mother's self - esteem as a way of empowering her to breastfeed.
A trained and experienced
professional who provides non-medical home
support to a new
mother after the birth
WABA is now a global alliance with more than 300 organizational endorsers and works across the spectrum to protect, promote, and
support breastfeeding — from United Nations institutions to
mother support groups, with physicians, midwives, and healthcare
professionals, to health ministries, from academics to activists.
I find that many first time
mothers will go over a guess date and its great being able to rely on someone to keep you relaxed and who has a lot of proactive suggestions as to how to ensure that you go into labour normally, or alternatively to
support you in requesting more time from your health care
professionals.
There are plenty of trained experts and
professionals who lend their guidance on ways to navigate through the complex web of motherhood, but oftentimes, the most grounded
support comes from those who have been down in the trenches — so to speak: everyday
mothers.
In the UK we are the secretariat for the Baby Feeding Law Group, a coalition of leading health
professional and
mother support groups.
To empower parents and birth
professionals to make conscious, loving choices that
support the optimal health and well - being of babies,
mothers, and families today.
In the UK, we monitor the baby food industry on behalf of the Baby Feeding Law Group, a coalition of leading health
professional and
mother support groups.
As certified
professionals from the prestigious International Maternity and Parenting Institute, we combine the two essentials all new twin & triplet
Mothers need —
support and multiples expertise.
Baby Milk Action and its partners in the Baby Feeding Law Group (a coalition of leading health
professional and
mother support groups) has, over many years, participated in consultations with the European Commission and the European Parliament to adopt and strengthen EU Regulations.
Postpartum
Support International has members throughout the world, including
professional care givers,
mothers, fathers, and other families members, public health
professionals and researchers.
She offers home visits for comprehensive breastfeeding help, and teaches courses in breastfeeding
support for
professionals who work with
mothers and babies.
Encourage the
mother to seek
professional help, join a
support group, or try Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)- a mindbody therapy designed to help people heal from disturbing events or trauma.