ED Breastfeeding Classes

[Mr Merry]

Hello people, my wife and I had our first baby a couple of weeks ago, he's a great little man but we've really struggled so far with feeding him. Does anyone know of breastfeeding classes or heard anything recently called of the Dulwich breastfeeding cafe that my wife could go too? this may seem odd coming from me but my wife isn't registered on the forum. Any help would be great. Thanks.

[mrs f]

Hi,

sorry to hear it isn't going well.... although it's fairly common so don't feel alone!

there are several brestfeeding cafe's out there... this is the info I have:

MONDAY Dulwich Brestfeeding cafe Townly road clinic 121 townley rd 10-12 0203497470

TUESDAY Ellen brown Bermondsey play centre 145 grange road SE1 3EU 10-12 07950424782 02074037482

WEDNESDAY Bermondsey & Rotherhithe breastfeeding cafe rotherhithe primary school rotherhithe new road se16 2pl 10-12 02030497412

THURSDAY Peckham and Camberwell Breasfeeding cafe Peckham library 5th floor 122 peckham hill street se15 5pr 07875809223 /07969774414 /02030498315

FRIDAY Borough & Wandsworth breastfeeding cafe 1st place children's & parent's centre chumleigh street, burgess park se15 orn 1-3 02030497844 / 8335 / 07956855540

If not then a lactation consultant can come to your house and help... although most are private unless you get referred by Kings (please correct me if I'm wrong here!) if you do a search on here there is LOTS of info and reccomendations...

Good luck and congratulations!

[amyw]

i went to the peckham cafe and it was really good. some partners were there too so its very welcoming.

also, if you have not been discharged by your midwife yet, ask them for extra help.

[Fidgetsmum]

Peckham Library one was brilliant when I had troubles with my second baby. Hang in there - it's a tough old slog for some weeks yet, but perseverance pays off. Claire Kedves at Kings is also BRILLIANT. Just ring their switchboard number.

The Peckham library lot can check for tongue tie etc, which might be the problem. Both mine took a good 10 weeks to settle and me to stop thinking that feeding was worse than labour. Some women breeze through it and feel no pain, and the baby's just seem to get the hang, and then others (like me) get all sorts of silliness to add an extra challenge or two to the whole motherhood thing. I should mention, neither of mine had any medical issues, it was all down to me not getting the positioning right, and just being unlucky with boobs more prone to hurting (a LOT). It's just the luck of the draw.

p.s. she's clearly got your support which is ESSENTIAL for her to get through this bit.

For first baby, I did get a lactation consultant (who was part based at the Portland). Expensive option, but then I was completely desperate. She was excellent - on her recommendation, I bought a MyBrestFriend feeding pillow which is more solid than other feeding pillows or your bedroom pillows or sofa cushions etc. Helped get my daughter into a much better position. If you end up thinking you want one, I'm done with mine and happy to sell! No pressure though, clearly!

Also, the more your wife can go and breastfeed where other women are breastfeeding the better - I picked up some really good tips from the other mums at the breastfeeding cafe, as well as the Health Visitor. It's what we're missing in our society is familiarisation from an early age as to how to do it all, so a bf cafe where other mums are doing it is our next best thing.

Good luck - I feel for you both (Fidgetsdad found it terribly hard that he couldn't do more to help me in my 'moments' of exasperation). Hope it all goes to plan in the end.

[Fuschia]

Clare at kings is great. If all else fails, do call

Her. She is passionate about supporting bf mothers

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