Peer support.

[XKatX]

I will e starting mum to mum peer support course soon. It enables you to give peer support to oher BF mummies. Has anyone else done this? I'm guessing it will give me a great sense of achievement when I'm able to help a mummy out of a hole.

 

[clairebear]

Havent done it but

go you

 

[alice&bump]

its something i really want to do, but dont have a clue how to get into! plus with me only being 20 it might work against me. or it could work for me...

i think lisa and hevz have done the course xx

 

[alice&bump]

oh and can you do them if you stop bf early? i stopped at 5 months, but only cos my milkwent!

 

[clairebear]

I wanna do one now!

 

[Blob]

How do you do it?? Sounds amazing!!!

 

[thelilbump]

I haven't done it but was recently discussing it actually. Really fancy doing that type of thing to give others help as i didn't really have many people to support me that way. Everyone we know was bottle fed apart from my OH. as the others asked how did you find a course in your area?

i think you are doing a brilliant think Kat

 

[Mervs Mum]

Me, Hevz & I think Lyns too

Age doesnt go against you but they do like you to be BFing obviously - not sure about if you've stopped. I got involved after helping at Parentcraft but your local BF group should know. It's usually a ten week course and if you ask at your BF group they will tell you who co-ordinates in your area and when they plan to run a course

 

[Mervs Mum]

Or ask your Birth Centre or MW led unit maybe??

 

[Mervs Mum]

Vicwick is the other one I couldnt think of!

 

[clairebear]

Thanks Lisa!

IM gonna ask mine!

 

[Mervs Mum]

YOU would be ace Claire x It's as much about just being there and listening as anything else

 

[thelilbump]

i don't think we have a local breastfeeding group. I've never been informed about one anyway

 

[clairebear]

Thanks Lisa not sure if they will wont someone with an older baby though!

 

[Mervs Mum]

Is there a Baby Cafe near you??

 

[Mervs Mum]

The lass who I first met was BFing her 3 yr old!! So no Claire, I think they just want BFing mum's at any stage

 

[thelilbump]

no, they're in liverpool or manchester, about hour and quarter on a train.

 

[clairebear]

Brilliant!


I dont have a Booby cafe by me

 

[marley2580]

I did it and they wanted women who had BF, not just ones that were. It was actually better if your kids were up a bit as you did it in the hospital and I struggled to get childcare, hence why I don't do it any more. Ours was done through the NHS, so there was loads of red tape and faffing around.

 

[alice&bump]

lilbump, if you ask your HV there should be some BF groups in your area. there was loads round me, but i never bothered cos they were all in areas i didnt particularly want to go to. of course the week i stopped, they started one at my clinic didnt they!!