by admin | Aug 7, 2023 | Breastfeeding, Doula, parenting, post-birth
World Breastfeeding Week is a global initiative that highlights the importance of breastfeeding for the health and well-being of both infants and mothers. This year’s theme, “Enabling Breastfeeding: Making a Difference for Working Parents,”...
by Ruth Dennison | Feb 22, 2021 | Breastfeeding, parenting
The Breastfeeding Culture Safety Course was created after witnessing the disparities in breastfeeding and the lack of inclusion for people from Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities. I am a Black British born, sister and mother from a Jamaican family, I live and work...
by Ruth Dennison | Aug 29, 2019 | Birth, Black child, Black mother, Breastfeeding, culture, parenting, post-birth
I never imagined my breast feeding journey lasting this long. I thought that when I was back to work after 12 months, that would be it, my breast-feeding days would be over, something I would miss but at the same time, I would appreciate my uninterrupted sleep and...
by Ruth Dennison | Aug 6, 2019 | Birth, Breastfeeding, culture, Doula, Nutrition, parenting, post-birth, pregnancy, Recovery
It is World Breastfeeding Week, August the 1st – 7th. I love when I see how much people are celebrating this week, but when I look deeper, the most people who is celebrating this week is women who are currently breastfeeding or women who are working within this...
by Ruth Dennison | Apr 4, 2019 | Baby Loss, Birth, Breastfeeding, culture, Doula, infant loss, parenting
I have put together an Infant feeding survey to look into the racial & cultural disparities of breastfeeding within the UK. I am currently in the process of planning Black Breastfeeding Week 2019, which will take place on Friday 30th August 2019 (save the date)....
by Ruth Dennison | Sep 15, 2018 | Breastfeeding, Nutrition, parenting, post-birth
This breastfeeding affirmation video can be a powerful tool to help you change your mood, state of mind, and manifest positivity in your breastfeeding journey. Affirmations work best if you can first identify the unwholesome belief that is opposing them. When watching...