The Breastfeeding Show
Pinter & Martin Radio
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About This Podcast
The Breastfeeding Show is made by Frances Attenborough, Karen Hall and Megan Stephenson, who are all NCT-trained Breastfeeding Counsellors, with at least ten years’ each of experience helping parents both through antenatal sessions, and group and 1:1 postnatal support. This show is for anyone with an interest in feeding babies, whether they’re exclusively breastfeeding, chestfeeding, mixed feeding, expressing, still waiting for their baby to arrive, or thinking about stopping.
In our first series, we cover the basics of how to get started, establishing a milk supply, positioning and attachment, expressing, common challenges, and we bust a few myths. We hope our informal style keeps things interesting and useful, as we chat about our absolute favourite subject.
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Recent Episodes
S4E6 Neurodiversity and breastfeeding
Megan, Karen and Frances chat with Phoebe Howe about her experience as an autistic mother, how this impacted on breastfeeding, and how to support other parents in similar situations.
S4E5 LGBTQIA+ Nursing
Frances, Megan and Karen chat with Laurene Bizarro about various issues around queer nursing, supporting the LGBTQIA community, language and prejudice.
S4E4 Stopping Breastfeeding
This episode explores what it's like to stop breastfeeding, how people go about it, and what to look out for.
S4E3 Breastfeeding Peer Support
In this episode we chat to some breastfeeding peer supporters about their training and volunteering.
S4E2 Health outcomes of breastfeeding
As NCT Breastfeeding Counsellors we think a lot about how we talk about the health outcomes of breastfeeding. It’s not unusual in an antenatal session for someone to ask us a question about the pros…
S4E1 Formula 101
In this episode we’re looking at how to choose and use formula milk safely. Full show notes and details of the citizen science project can all be found on our substack.
S4 Series 4 trailer
Coming soon! A new series of The Breastfeeding Show with Megan, Frances and Karen.
Why Mixed Feeding Matters
Megan and Frances interview Karen about her new book, Why Mixed Feeding Matters, published by Pinter & Martin in September 2023. The book is packed with useful information for different…
S3E6 How partners and grandmothers support breastfeeding
Naomi Stadlen books: Why Grandmothers Matter, and What Mothers Do (Especially when it looks like nothing) Papers: Srisopa, P., Walsh, S., Amoo, T., Gyamfi, A., Henderson, W. A., & Lucas, R.…
S3E5 Myths & Misconceptions 3
First steps nutrition website https://www.firststepsnutrition.org/ Tim Spector https://tim-spector.co.uk/ Emma Pickett’s book Breastfeeding Older Children Chris van Tulleken’s book -…
S3E4 Mastitis
Karen, Frances and Megan discuss the new ABM Mastitis Protocol. This is the protocol: https://www.bfmed.org/assets/ABM%20Protocol%20%2336.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27820535/ (Cabbage…
S3E3 Breastfeeding Twins
Featuring Kathryn Stagg IBCLC, author of Breastfeeding Twins and…
S3E2 Looking at Research
Brown, A. (2019) Informed is best. London: Pinter & Martin https://pinterandmartin.com/informed-is-best Maxwell, C et al (2022) ‘Why have a bottle when you can have draught? Exploring bottle…
S3E1 Mixed Feeding
Basisonline, a website run by the University of Durham sleep lab containing evidence-based research on babies sleep - https://www.basisonline.org.uk/ The evidence on the effect of how a baby is fed…
Bonus Breastival Edition: Preparing for your new baby
Megan, Frances and Karen present a live talk at Breastival NI, entitled "Preparing for your new baby." Lots of tips and useful information for you if you're just getting started in parenthood!
S2E7 Myths and Misconceptions Part 2
Megan, Karen and Frances explore questions around what affects the quality and composition of breastmilk, and whether redheads can breastfeed.
S2E6 Out and About or Back to Work
Your rights when you return to work: https://maternityaction.org.uk/advice/continuing-to-breastfeed-when-you-return-to-work/ HSE website:…
S2E5 Breastfeeding Older Babies
In this episode, we’re talking about the subject of feeding older babies, with former chair of the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers, Emma Pickett Emma’s book Supporting Breastfeeding Past the…
S2E4 Starting Solid Foods
What to do if your baby is choking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oswDpwzbAV8 What does gagging look like: https://youtu.be/uRrbZuP-pjk Start4Life Introducing Solid Foods booklet [pdf]:…
S2E3 Tongue Tie
Oral Anomalies In Newborns: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study. de Oliveira AJ, Duarte DA, Diniz M 2018…
Frequently Asked Questions
The Breastfeeding Show has published 29 episodes since December 2021, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.
The Breastfeeding Show is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 38m.
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