Just checked out Twitter for the first time….man it’s addictive!!

First of all i was like…what the heck, i just don’t get it , next minute i was following people and people were following me. If you don;t know what twitter is, it’s kinda bite size comments from people all over the world and you can all chat together (thats not a very good explanation, sorry!).

To know what it really is about you have to do it, so go to www.twitter.com and have a go! If you wanna follow us our name is maternitytees.

Mama Feelsgood- Our maternity & breastfeeding tops are SUPER funky

Kat Breastfeeding Tee

Sometimes to go out of the comfort of your own home and have to breastfeed can be a daunting task, especially if it’s your first time. But what can you do, i mean your baby has to eat and you can’t be a hermit the entire time you breastfeed!!!!! So i found a super cool website that can give a little bit of advice:

Click Here for abit of advice.

But remember girls our breastfeeding tops or as some like to call them nursing tops   are such a benefit for nursing in public.

• Because of the double layer design of the nursing top there is NO TUMMY EXPOSURE !
• Easy to feed from either side as the nursing top is designed to feed from either left or right
• No buttons / zips/ poppers or hideous things like that. Just pull up and feed
• All our breastfeeding tops look like regular tops so you don’t have to stand out
• No need for carrying muslin squares of fabrc to cover up around with you, just put your top on and go.

Seriously all our nursing shirts are really well made and hard wearing. They look super cool and i wear one and i don’t even breastfeed anymore. Check one out today ! www.mamafeelsgood.com

Mama Feelsgood- Home Of Quality Nursing Tops

Wow i can’t believe it we are actually open. It’s taken many years, alot of sleepless night hard work but WOO HOO cool we did it. This is our first collection of Breastfeeding Tops and maternity Tees so what do you think? We will be adding more styles later this year/ maybe January, but we have new graphics in the pipeline already so we like to keep you yummy mummys on your toes!! 

Gotta say i do love all the designs but this shirt ( 8 ball maternity baseball tee ) makes me smile. The design totally rocks this maternity baseball tee, and Sheri my friend in the picture has got the moodest look on ever it’s fabulous; in reality she is like the nicest person ever i think the only person who can get her in a mood is our friend Lynn ha ha sorry Lynn but it’s so true!

Couldn’t resist mentioning that Sarah Palin the Republican vice-presidential hopeful daughter Bristol is pregnant. What a fantastic name …..Bristol.

As her mother is such a high profile person just think of  all the extra coverage she could give to breastfeeding and maternity issues. With several young children herself i’m sure she’s familiar with the pressure felt by new mums. Also with a child with Downs syndrome and how this would affect breastfeeding if at all would be an interesting subject which could possibly help other new mothers in the same situation.

BBC News Scotland recently published this report  stating the Scottish government has received 19 million pounds over the next three years to promote maternal and infant nutrition. Breastfeeding is one of the obvious methods of both maternal and infant nutitrion, and is expected to receive a greater amount of promotion to new mothers due to this cash injection.

The all important question is how can the government promote breastfeeding to a wide a range as possible within the UK ? Studies have shown the initial incidence of mothers breastfeeding their babies from birth has risen significantly over the last 5 years ( Taken from the government Infant feeding survery 2005) but by the 9 months post birth breasfeeding rates have dropped to approx 13% .

Of course there are many reasons why women give up breastfeeding, baby rejecting the breast, lack of milk , sore nipples etc but could one more obvious reason money. Our maternity benefits , maternity pay when compared with other european countries is much less. If we use Norway as an example the govenment has implemented that  each mother is paid1 years maternity pay at 80% of their original wage. 99% of mothers in Norway upon leaving hospital are breastfeeding their children and by 3 - 4 months post delivery 90% are still breastfeeding.

Perhaps because the stress of money has been lightened a little from the Norwegian mothers they maybe feel more relaxed to try breastfeeding? Who knows. But promoting breastfeeding has to be a good thing