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helplines, charities, support: help with breastfeeding• National Breastfeeding Helpline Helpline: 0844 20 909 20 Staffed by trained volunteer mothers from the Breastfeeding Network and the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers. Lines are open 9.30am-9.30pm every day of the year. • Health Talk Online (DIPEx) Offers insight into personal experiences of breastfeeding via interviews with 49 women and 2 men, plus backup resources and help.
• Lactation Consultants of Great Britain
International Board Certified Lactation Consultants are professionally qualified to promote breastfeeding in a variety of NHS and community settings as Infant Feeding Specialists or Breastfeeding Co-ordinators, and in midwifery, health visiting, paediatrics and other healthcare roles, both clinical and educational. We also support breastfeeding families as voluntary breastfeeding counsellors/supporters, and in private practice.
P.O. Box 56
Virginia Water GU25 4WB • NCT Breastfeeding helpline
http://www.nct.org.uk/home Breastfeeding Line: 0300 330 0771 The National Childbirth Trust has trained breastfeeding counsellors who can offer individual advice and support. • Association of Breastfeeding Mothers www.abm.me.uk Helpline: 08444 122 949 Offers voluntary mother-to-mother support, counselling and information for breastfeeding women. Helpline open from 9.30am to 10.30pm. • Breastfeeding Network www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk Helpline: 0844 412 4664 Offers free, confidential telephone information on breastfeeding and one-to-one local support. • La Leche League www.laleche.org.uk 24hr Helpline: 0845 120 2918 Helpline offering advice and information on breastfeeding, plus local group meetings. • Tamba www.tamba.org.uk Twinline: 0800 138 0509 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Helpline is a national, confidential, support, listening and information service for all parents of twins, triplets and more, and the professionals involved in their care. The service operates from 10am to 1pm and from 7pm to 10pm, every day, all year round. • Multiple Birth Foundation www.multiplebirths.org.uk Tel: 0208 383 3519 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it A vital resource to professionals and families alike, it aims to improve the care and support of multiple birth families through the education of all relevant professionals. • Bliss www.bliss.org.uk Helpline: FREEPHONE 0500 618140 Bliss is a national charity dedicated to working for special care babies and their families. Their helpline can provide information and support from a member of our parent support team to pare and parent to parent support with another parent who has been through the experience of having a sick or premature baby. • Welsh Assembly Government breastfeeding information
www.wales.gov.uk/breastfeeding www.cymru.gov.uk/bwydoaryfron Scientific/background information sites:
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