Lyndsey's Story

Breastfeeding has a major role to play in public health by promoting health and preventing disease in the short and the long term for both a mother and her baby. However, in many areas of Nottinghamshire, our breastfeeding rates remain low.
One of the challenges we face is to create a culture in which breastfeeding is seen as the usual way to feed a baby. Many of our young people have never seen a baby being breastfed because of a firmly embedded culture of formula feeding that has spanned many decades.
Across Nottinghamshire, local partners, including the NHS, County Council and Sure Start Childrens Centres are working hard to promote breastfeeding. Supporting the Change4Life campaign and through the Healthy Schools initiative we hope to increase breastfeeding awareness amongst our children and young people, so that families across the county realise the importance of breastfeeding in helping to ensure that all babies have the best possible start in life.
One woman who is helping to spread the word is 27 year old Newark and Sherwood mother of three, Lyndsey Traynor. After bottle-feeding her first child she decided to breastfeed her second one. This changed her life so much that she decided to help other new mums overcome their feeding difficulties. Lyndsey completed the 12 week La Leche League breastfeeding peer counsellor training course that was delivered through her local Sure Start Childrens Centre, and there has been no looking back.

Watch Lyndseys story now.

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Education

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• NHS Nottinghamshire County
• NHS Notts County
• film
• Breastfeeding
• breast feeding
• peer support
• advocate
• Sure Start services
• Lyndsey Traynor
• bottle fed
• mastitis

[MsGbergh]

Lyndsy says she bottle-fed her first because she was only 19. I can't imagine not trying breastfeeding if I was a young mum, unless for medical reasons, or planning to have baby adopted. I feel I was lucky to know about breastfeeding from such a young age,I can't remember not knowing.

[esaprettysmile]

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