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A GROUP of women have been commended for completing a unique training course in how to help other mothers with breastfeeding.

The pilot scheme has been set up by health bosses as part of a drive to get parents to help each other with difficulties and problems with feeding, and to emphasise that “breast is best” for young babies’ diets.

According to NHS statistics, 43 per cent of mothers in west Essex breastfeed at six to eight weeks of their child’s birth, which is below the national average of 48 per cent.

The volunteers all took part in a 12-week course at the Abbeywood and Hazelwood Children’s Centres in Waltham Abbey, spending three hours a week learning how to become a “breastfeeding buddy” and how best to promote the practice in the local area.

Graduates of the course celebrated with a party earlier this week, featuring a cake in the shape of a pair of breasts supplied by Andersons bakery in Epping High Street.

Teresa Morgan, of NHS West Essex, which organised the course along with the children’s centres and the Breastfeeding Network group, congratulated the women for their hard work.

She added: “We hope this new initiative can go from strength to strength.”

Course trainer Jane Neesam said: “I hope more Waltham Abbey mothers will breastfeed with the support they need to maintain it for longer.

“It provides long lasting benefits for babies and mums themselves.”

For more information on breastfeeding support in west Essex call Jo Eley on 01279 698625 or Philippa Hyams on 0208 522 3217.

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Congratulations to Claire Nasir who gave birth to a baby girl yesterday. Claire who is the weather presenter on GMTV had had a her own fair share of problems trying to conceive her baby must be over the moon with her new arrival.

As yet no name or details ie weight have been released, just a press release on Twitter from ITv

Will keep you updated, but good to know mother and baby are doing well.

All Maclaren single and double umbrella buggies, including the popular Volo and Techno models, were voluntarily recalled in the US.

The British firm, which claims to produce “the world’s most safe” pushchairs stressed that the UK is not affected.

Parents in America have been advised to stop using them immediately by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Maclaren said customers should contact the company for a free set of hinge covers which resolve the problem.

There have been 15 cases of children placing their finger in the hinges “resulting in 12 reports of fingertip amputations”, a joint statement from the firm and the CPSC said.

A Maclaren spokesman added: “Consistent with our unwavering commitment to child safety we are providing US consumers notice of a voluntary recall of all Maclaren umbrella strollers sold in the US.

In co-operation with the US CPSC, we are providing free of charge to all affected consumers and retailers a kit to cover the stroller’s hinge mechanism, which poses a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding/opening the stroller.

“The voluntary recall is to alert the operator when opening or closing the stroller of the possible risk of injury.

“Safety is our first priority and through this voluntary effort we urge consumers to contact us immediately to obtain the kit which consists of hinge covers designed specifically to fit all Maclaren strollers.”

Maclaren told Sky News the recall does not apply to umbrella buggies sold in the UK because “there are a lower number of similar reported incidents amongst the considerably higher number of Maclaren buggies sold in Europe annually relative to the US market”.

However, as a precaution, the company will put additional warning labels on their pushchairs and in instruction manuals.

The company also highlighted that the definition of “recall” is different in the US and can include all types of corrective action such as the “modification of products at consumers’ homes”.

Maclaren USA is not recalling products from parents for replacement or refund.

The recalled models include the Volo, Triumph, Quest Sport, Quest Mod, Techno XT, Techno XLR, Twin Triumph, Twin Techno and Easy Traveller.

This was taken from Sky news.com 

This is referring to a piece written in yesterdays  The Indepenent newspaper 

As quoted from the article” During pregnancy nearly 50 per cent of mums intend to breastfeed their child once it’s been born. However this statistic drops by nearly half once they have given birth, which suggests that many mothers who’d like to breastfeed find it difficult or simply can’t.”

To be honest personally i thought the % of mums whom would try breastfeeding would be higher, so i am more shocked at the low “try” rate than the ladies who try it and for whatever reason do not continue to breastfeed.

The article goes on to say ”

Research by the Bounty Parenting Club suggests that over two thirds of new mums have never been close enough in real life to a friend or family member who is breastfeeding to actually see how the child latches onto the breast. So where can they go to ask for help or advice?

“Whilst there is lots of breastfeeding advice offered to new and expectant mums, some cannot access the information and support they need at exactly the right time,” says Faye Mingo of Bounty.”

To tackle this problem Bounty has posted a new breastfeeding video onto its website, designed to act as a refresher for new mums. It includes breastfeeding techniques and advice about what parents should look out for to ensure their child is getting the nutrition it needs. You can find the video here 

As quoted in the Sunday Times

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Bounty is Barclays’ baby

THE company that runs the popular website for new mothers, Bounty.com, has been bought by Barclays’ private-equity arm for £54m.

The marketing firm Bounty Group was founded in 1959 and is best known for the goodie bags it provides for new parents. It claims to have 3m members and estimates that it reaches 90% of all new babies born in the UK. It publishes a range of pamphlets and books to help new mothers and launched Bounty.com nine years ago.

The business has been bought and sold several times. Barclays acquired it from Kaboose, a Canadian new-media company, which had acquired Bounty in 2007.

Kaboose has also sold its American operations, including the websites Babyzone.com and Amazingmoms.com, to the interactive division of Walt Disney.

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Well have you been catching these shows on chanel 4 over the course of this week? Must admit i am 35 and i learnt something! Tonight it is the turn of pregnancy to be covered by the show, and how the female body changes during pregnancy.

They are having a “real life”husband and wife featured in the show and showing what the consequences of having a baby can do to the body and basically your life!

Here’s the link to the offical website and the section attributed solely to pregnancy. I am going to watch solely in the satisfaction that i am not pregnant (sorry girls who are), how the baby fits in such a small space is a miracle itself , no wonder i got backache during my pregnancy!

wonder if the subject fo breastfeeding will come up?

check it out and let me know what you think, do you think it is educational?

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Just thought  i would highlight this programme which is on tonight. It;s all about the pressures to loose weight after you’ve had your baby. and the extreme lengths some women will go to.

Lovely Louise Redknapp presents the first of three programmes in the ‘Truth About’ series. She investigates the pressure on women to maintain a glamorous pregnancy, and looks at why some women attempt to remove  all signs of it immediately after their baby is born.

I must admit i think Louise Redknapp comes over as a really lovely person, much more down to earth than some celebs, but she mentions she put on 8lbs when recently pregnant, wow all i can say she is really lucky because ALOT of ladies put on alot more weight than that, it;s so common ladies please don’t feel like you are the only one because you;re not.

Anyway will be watching this with interest tonight, 9pm

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Check out this news story about Walmart in New York where a worker there was killed when they had their “black Friday ” sale. It’s been thanksgiving in America and the stores always have a big sale after it and call it “Black Friday”. It was reported that a pregnant lady was injured in the currfuffal (spelling, you know what i’m trying to say ha ha), hey lady don’t you know it;s much safer to buy on-line!!!

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Hey ladies, don’t mean to worry you guys but have you ever heard of a condition found in pregnancy called Pre-eclampsia? Around 1000 ladies per year are affceted by it and sadly around 10 babies a year die due to it.

Now before you totally freak out things can be done to help, and if you are found to have pre-eclampsia things can and will be done to help you, it’s just super important you are aware of the symptoms.

In early pregancy there really aren’t too many symptoms, it’s when you get into the later stages of pregnancy the symptoms can become more obvious. Here are some of the later symptoms:

Headaches

Blurred Vison or nausea

shortness of breath

confusion

Now alot of ladies get these symptoms without having pre-eclampsia, i was confused the whole time i was pregnant!! But if there is anything you are ever worried about during your pregnancy please don’t be scared of contacting your midwife or Doctor, it really could be so important.

Check out the BBC health page here it’s fantastic and really imformative.

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Wow Charlotte Church is helping the Welsh Assembly Government promote their new DVD about the benefits of breastfeeding. They aim to distribute a DVD to all new mothers in Wales to help spread the message of how good breastfeeding you baby can be for both baby and mother. To quote “Charlotte Church is a fantastic example of a young mother deciding that breast really is best and we hope that she will serve as a role model to her many thousands of female fans”

We love Charlotte Church, she’s super talented but yet still so down to earth, Charlotte Mama Feelsgood store is always open to you!  Charlotte would lok fabulous in our Princess breastfeeding top or maybe our “homegrown Melons” breastfeeding tops might be better!

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