This episode the midwives are discussing breastfeeding (also called chestfeeding or whichever term you want to use yourself). As it is such a broad topic it would be impossible to cover every element in one episode (or even one series) and so we’ve chosen a couple of areas to focus on and hope you enjoy the selection! 

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References:

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/breast-versus-bottle-debate-raged-in-19th-century-ireland-1.4008769

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/our-priority-programmes/child-health-and-wellbeing/breastfeeding-healthy-childhood-programme/research-and-reports-breastfeeding/breastfeeding-on-the-island-of-ireland-report.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685244/

https://www.expatica.com/healthcare/womens-health/breastfeeding-around-the-world-732308/

https://tghncollections.pubpub.org/pub/9-sociological-and-cultural-influences-upon-breastfeeding/release/2

https://www.rcpi.ie/news/releases/royal-college-of-physicians-of-ireland-highlights-health-benefits-of-breastfeeding-proposes-actions-to-improve-irish-breastfeeding-rates/

https://professoramybrown.co.uk/articles/f/the-strangely-inaccurate-world-of-breastfeeding-research

https://www.hse.ie/file-library/guideline-on-the-observation-of-a-breastfeed-and-use-of-the-breastfeeding-observation-assessment-tool-boat-resource.pdf

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/our-priority-programmes/child-health-and-wellbeing/breastfeeding-healthy-childhood-programme/policies-and-guidelines-breastfeeding/breastfeeding-in-a-healthy-ireland-report.pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.13335

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