Healthy Wednesday advice from the Hywel Dda Health Board
Healthy Wednesday advice from the Hywel Dda Health Board - This Healthy Wednesday we are reminding mums about our breastfeeding buddies. World Breastfeeding Week starts tomorrow and aims to draw attention to the importance of Peer Support in helping mothers to establish and sustain breastfeeding. At all our maternity units in Hywel Dda Health Board we have volunteer breastfeeding buddies to help new mums. All of the volunteers on the ‘buddy’ scheme are mums themselves and the scheme is particularly designed for new mothers so the volunteers can share their experiences and offer reassuring support. Rachel Allan, from Freshwater East, benefited from peer support when she had her baby Jack. She said: ”I had a great deal of support to help me breastfeed from the arrival of my first baby Jack. “When in hospital the volunteer came to offer advice, just when I happened to be feeding. “She was really encouraging and in order to explain fully about latching on she used a knitted wool...