Helping local communities in raising breastfeeding awareness

But there are still a number of reasons why breastfeeding take-up is low in many areas and these are the areas that need the help and support to raise the awareness of breastfeeding amongst the local mums. 

What’s the challenges that communities face raising awareness of breastfeeding:

the mental block of mums of finding breastfeeding intrusive on themselves and the unwillingness of feeding in public Lack of education/information for mums to make them aware of the benefits of breastfeeding lack of funding to hold events to raise awareness for breastfeeding or provide support to mums

These challenges large as they are can be overcome which is why Milkbug offers local communities support in raising awareness of breastfeeding. Already we have donated breastfeeding clothes to support a number of events and have offered advice to local communities on how breastfeeding clothes can help overcome some of the perceptions that breastfeeding is impossible in public. 

Supporting community projects is an important part of our business and is where we invest a large part of our time to help. If together we can help to raise the awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding, we are empowering women to make informed decisions on how to care for their babies as opposed to taking on others views on breastfeeding. 

At www.milkbug.co.uk we work with a number of local communities to help them in raising awareness for breastfeeding and to help them raise the levels in their local areas. We believe that as a business we have the ablity to help local communities to encourage mums to learn more about breastfeeding and therefore make an informed decision.

We offer mums who are conscious about feeding in public a large range of breastfeeding clothes which suit all shapes and all occasion. These breastfeeding tops and breastfeeding dresses help in half the battle of overcoming the anxiety of having to feed your child in public when you are feeling conscious about your own shape. 

Have a look at the projects we have helped so far with more in the pipeline:

http://www.milkbug.co.uk/MILKBUG-in-the-community

By: taj  -   About the Author :
  Taj owns and manages www.milkbug.co.uk and works closely to help local communities across the UK to improve breastfeeding awareness.