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Hints and Tips

 

Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Initiative (LBI) are looking for mums like you to share your experience with other mums.  If you have any 'Hints & Tips' you would like to share please send them to us using this 'Hints & Tips' link.

 

About Us

 

 

Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Initiative (LBI) was set up in 1997 in partnership with women from the community and health professionals from Lanarkshire Health Board.

Our members include local mums, midwives, public health nurses and other health professionals who work together to support the Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Strategy.

 

 

In Lanarkshire, fewer mums choose breastfeeding compared to other areas in Scotland and this means that many women have never seen a baby being breastfed.

Women need support to get breastfeeding off to a good start but for many in Lanarkshire this is missing or limited because grannies, aunts and friends have not breastfed their own babies.

The LBI has been working alongside NHS Lanarkshire to "fill this gap" to ensure that more babies and mums from the area experience the full benefits of breastfeeding.

Our aim is to:

• Promote the benefit and further the health of breastfeeding mothers in Lanarkshire by seeking to improve the care, support and facilities available to them.
• Promote the values and the practice of breastfeeding among the public in Lanarkshire.

What do we do ?

• We hold quarterly meetings in the Parenthood Department at Wishaw General Hospital - these are very informal and provide a good opportunity for mums, babies, toddlers and health professionals to network with each other.  Our chair is local mum, Karen Munro.
• We respond to the views of local mothers about any issue they may have about their breastfeeding experience and as a result the LBI has been instrumental in setting up the Community Mothers Peer Support projects and the Breastfeeding-Friendly Campaign in Lanarkshire.
• During National Breastfeeding Awareness Week (14th - 19th May 2007) we support and co-ordinate a range of activities with Public Health Nurses and mothers from Breastfeeding Support Groups, volunteers from the Community Mothers projects and Wishaw General Hospital's Maternity Unit.

Funding

 

The LBI has charitable status (Charity Registration Number SC024032) and has received funding from NHS Lanarkshire to support social marketing campaigns for breastfeeding during National Breastfeeding Awareness Week.

Our Chair

Hi I’m Karen Munro and I live in Hamilton. I was encouraged to join the LBI by my Health Visitor after my first baby when I attended the Breastfeeding Support Group in Airdrie.

I had a few challenges with breastfeeding at the start and the Health Visitor and other mums from the group helped me to sort these out. The mother-to-mother support was great, the social side was good too and I made some long-lasting friendships as a result.

Joining the LBI has been a good opportunity for me to work with other mums alongside health professionals and local organisations to ensure that breastfeeding is promoted and supported throughout Lanarkshire.

I was nominated as Chair of the LBI in 2003 and have enjoyed this role tremendously; it has given me opportunities to represent the views of the LBI and breastfeeding families from Lanarkshire at both local and national forums.

 

We are always keen to recruit new mums and health professionals and would be pleased to hear from anyone interested in becoming an LBI member.

For more information you can contact the LBI by postal address or email address given on the right.