For breastfeeding mums who are still nursing as their maternity leave comes to an end, the return to work can put a lot of stress on their families. And so today, at the start of World Breastfeeding Week (August 1st – 7th), Irish experts are calling for increased support for working parents. According to Katie […]
3 years ago
The thing about babies – they don’t really care much what is going on around them once they need to eat or sleep or, you know, do other things babies do. For instance, you can be in your wedding dress and as glam as glam can be, but when that baby is hungry – or […]
4 years ago
I’m sorry – WHAT? In this day and age, we all know that boobs are designed to feed babies. No, really –that is literally the only reason we have them in the first place. However, it would seem not everyone is comfortable with the notion of babies being fed the way nature designed it. We […]
4 years ago
Aoife Kenny is an Irish midwife, clinical midwifery specialist and childbirth educator living in Melbourne, Australia. Having worked as a midwife in public hospitals both in Ireland and Australia for more than a decade, Kenny now runs Back to Birth – an online antenatal educational platform designed to educate, empower and inspire you and your […]
4 years ago
Just a (very stylish) mum doing a very normal thing! We are here for anyone or anything normalising breastfeeding – and right now, model and actress Emily Ratajkowski is using Instagram to do just that – sharing the most gorgeous, intimate snaps of herself breastfeeding her little boy, Sylvester (Sly) – who is already almost […]
5 years ago
Breastfeeding has incredible health benefits for both mums and babies. However, according to a brand new report, Ireland has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world, with only two out of three women initiating it before leaving the maternity hospital. In one smaller Irish maternity unit, just one in three women try breastfeeding […]
5 years ago