Infant feeding

Support

You will see your midwife postnatally in hospital, at home or at a clinic. Your health visitor will visit between day 10 to 14 at home. After that, you will be asked to attend one of the child health clinics around the city.

Your baby feeding practitioner will see breastfeeding mothers shortly -

  • after birth
  • on day 3
  • on day 7

Even if you started off bottle feeding, you can retrun or swap to breastfeeding at anytime. There is support available to help you do this.

The Goodwin Doula project

The Goodwin Doula project supports vulnerable or isolated women who would benefit from the extra support of a volunteer doula in their -

  • pregnancy
  • birth
  • postnatal period

We can support with -

  • antenatal and postnatal appointments
  • being a birth partner
  • emotional and practical aspects of adjusting to being a new parent

This Breastfeeding support leaflet can provide you with more information on -

  • community breastfeeding support groups
  • access to home visits
  • a helpline via the breastfeeding peer support service