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 | Aug 21, 2018 | Baby Loss, Black child, Black mother, Breastfeeding, culture, Nutrition, parenting, post-birth, pregnancy
Black Breastfeeding Week starts 25th – 31st August, we will celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week for the first time in the UK. There has been a look into what has been happening in the breastfeeding community of black families. It has been documented in the UK...