Hello from the APPG on Infant Feeding & Equalities, w @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social. We'll be hearing from Amy Brown of Swansea U about the result of the 2024 English Infant Feeding Survey, @bfn-uk.bsky.social about IYCFe, & @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social about infant formula recall #APPGIFI

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Nigel Rollins wraps up today’s conference, noting breastfeeding is a way of showing love and that the conference’s passion is that love, that there’s a serious commitment to breastfeeding in Scotland, and that there is significant momentum. The theme of equity is fundamental

Come say hi to us at Scotland’s National Breastfeeding Conference today!

Celebrating successful breastfeeding numbers at Scotland’s National Breastfeeding Conference today!

Good afternoon from the #APPGIFI meeting in @ukparliament.parliament.uk chaired by @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social. The APPG was reconstituted in the AGM before the public segment of the meeting, with the full name of APPG on Infant Feeding and Inequalities restored

Final day of sharing Top 24 research priorities for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Care (@jameslindalliance.bsky.social PSP, supported by @ox.ac.uk & @britishacademy.bsky.social ).Qu 19-24 cover bonding, work leave, experiences of gender, induced & shared lactation, written language, & sperm donor diversity 1/

Day two of sharing the @LindAlliance LGBTQIA+ Priority Setting Partnership results: questions 7 - 12 coming up... see yesterday's post for questions 1-6 and more description of the project, or read here: bit.ly/PSPabout and bit.ly/PSPresults 1/

Excited to launch the results of the LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Care Priority Setting Partnership. In our 1st survey, 366 LGBTQIA+ people & their HCPs submitted 1166 qus. We combined qus on the same topic to make 48 summary qus. We checked the evidence to see if any had been answered 1/

Day 3 of 4: results of the LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Care Priority Setting Partnership. Qu 13-18 cover finding information, induced lactation, timing of gender affirming hormones, surrogacy, parental titles on birth certificates and inclusive language 1/

We're back after lunch for the last session, welcomed back by @ndzitina.bsky.social, chair for this afternoon #BFConf She's had us all on our feet applauding the Baby Friendly team, & ourselves for the work that we do 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏼👏🏻 You can see some of Ernestine's work here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8C...

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Next up is Illiyin Morrison speaking on Racism, perinatal choice and body autonomy Morrison is a specialist perinatal trauma midwife, debrief faciitator, anti racism educator, author (and baker on series 15 of GBBO 🍰)

Welcome back after the break. Next up is @drnaomidowibclc.bsky.social speaking about “It’s Not Thrush!”: Challenging the Candida Narrative Naomi is a GP, IBCLC and founding member of MiLC - Medics' Lactation Community #BFConf

Good morning from Day 2 of the @unicef-uk.bsky.social Baby Friendly Initiative Annual Conference in Telford. @vicky-thomas.bsky.social welcomed us back to this very special conference, describing it as a combination of an academic symposium, a hen party and a therapy session 😄 #BFConf

Back from the break for the last session of the day with Britta Stordal speaking about how Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer, a call for action in high income countries with low rates of breastfeeding #BFConf

Welcome back after lunch. Vicky Sibson of @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social is chairing this afternoon's session. Karen Read is speaking now about 10 years of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Neonatal Standards #BFConf

Welcome back to the 2025 Baby Friendly Conference #BFConf. We're hearing now from @aaloysius.bsky.social who is speaking now about what supports mothers of very preterm babies to start & continue breastmilk feeding in neonatal units

Good morning from the 2025 Baby Friendly Conference in Telford. Philip Goodwin, head of @unicef-uk.bsky.social is welcoming everyone to the largest ever #BFConf Goodwin: Globally UNICEF is looking to strengthen systems that protect children globally. We must ensure children's rights are upheld

It's this week! @unicef-uk.bsky.social's Annual #BabyFriendlyConference is back in person in Telford Wednesday & Thursday at the #TelfordInternationalCentre. If you can't make it follow along here & with #BFConf. Timetable www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly...

A good summary of @wbtiuk.bsky.social’s report card for the UK on ten policy & programme indicators ⬇️ TLDR: not much progress since the 2016 report & the UK is in the bottom 25% of countries. Implementing the recommendations of the @cmagovuk.bsky.social report on BMS would be a great step #APPGIFI

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Good afternoon from the APPG on Infant Feeding and Inequalities chaired by @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social. Today we're hearing from @helengray.bsky.social about the 2024 WBTi report Action on feeding babies in the UK, a follow up from the first, baseline report from 2016 #APPGIFI

Happy Scottish Breastfeeding Week! To celebrate, we did some photography in Glasgow and Edinburgh to celebrate 20 years of our right to breastfeed in public places with photographer Hayley Fraser #sbw2025

Happy Pride Month! LLL Collective is here to support you in your nursing journey every day of the year. Get in touch if you need breastfeeding or chestfeeding support for judgement-free help and information.

We met some folks today in Glasgow to take photos of and get their stories about breastfeeding. This parent talks about why representation matters for working class folks!

Our early bird discount ends Saturday on our Equity in Breastfeeding series! Join our monthly webinar subscription to get videos straight to your inbox from people like these 💕

In emergency situations, breastfeeding can save babies' lives. Please see our blog post, and donate to GINA, Gaza Infant Nutrition Alliance. www.gina.org.uk lllcollective.org.uk/lll-collecti...

Here are a few of our confirmed speakers for our upcoming Equity in Breastfeeding webinar series!! Check out the full list at lllcollective.org.uk/webinar and sign up to our newsletter to find out when the series drops 😎

We're so excited to announce the first speakers in our upcoming webinar series tomorrow! Our Equity in Breastfeeding sessions will be a monthly, 15 minute webinar series, from those with lived experience breastfeeding or chestfeeding as a minoritised person in the UK or from a professional.

We are here for all nursing parents. Our charitable aims are to promote the health and wellbeing of mothers, parents, guardians and children through education about the benefits of a breastfeeding relationship and human milk as well as counselling and practical support on breastfeeding.

This week, we’ve a meeting on Lenzie & online! Whether you are pregnant, breastfeeding/chestfeeding, exclusively expressing or combi feeding we would love to see you at our meetups! Come as you are, come when you can. Come with questions or just to make new friends! More info: lllcollective.org

Had a great time at @scvo.scot the gathering this morning! So many exciting conversations about breastfeeding in Scotland - our favourite type of chat 😎 we love the idea of collaborating to help more folks get the support they need - always up for a brainstorm!

Well done @katiepk.bsky.social for flagging this with @bmj.com: The British Journal of Midwifery’s annual conference is again being sponsored by formula milk companies, despite clinicians and nutritionists repeatedly raising concerns about the practice which flouts World Health Organization guidance