Recent news
May 11, 2008
Breastfeeding: Every day makes a difference to your baby 11th - 17th May 2008... Click here to read more
May 13, 2007
National Breastfeeding Awareness Week (NBAW) is an annual event to raise aware- ness of the importance of breastfeeding and encourage health professionals and other groups to run events in their areas... Click here to read more
May 12, 2007
First time mums' story I amafirst time mum who has always wanted to breastfeed as I am aware of the benefits of doing it... Click here to read more
May 12, 2007
The Handsworth team, committed to help! Breastfeeding is a relaxing and rewarding experience for mother and baby. I work closely with the midwives who will often ask me to help any mothers who need that extra support... Click here to read more
Welcome to our website
Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for babies. Studies have shown that breastfed babies are less likely to get infections such as gastroenteritis, asthma, become obese or get diabetes in later childhood. Research also shows that mothers who breastfeed have an increased protection against certain health problems in later life. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for six months but many mothers give up earlier than they want to because they do not get the help and support they need.
The aim of this site is to promote breastfeeding as a natural way of feeding, to let you know where you can get help and support to feed your baby for as long as you want and to help you to breastfeed whilst out and about by listing retailers, shopping centres and work places that are 'Breastfeeding Friendly'. Click here to find breastfeeding friendly places that are close to you.
The Breast Intention To Bond and Beyond
The Breast Intention is a short film offering personal advice, guidance and insights to new parents. The DVD was produced with young mothers from the Sure Start Soho Childrens Centre, Young Parents Support Group.
Locating Breastfeeding friendly Places
Find breastfeeding-friendly places. Use our handy online tool to find places which have a positive attitude about breastfeeding and who have facilities to help you. New places are registering with us all of the time, Click here to be notified when a new place is added.
Be Breastfeeding friendly
If you're a place that would like to be included in our database, register with us (.pdf) and make sure everyone knows about you.
HOBB Breastfeeding Buddy Scheme
Find out more about the HOBB Buddy Scheme. Anybody can refer, there is no paperwork to fill out, We will take all the details we require over the phone, you just need to live in Hob area or within one mile of boundary, find out more.
BABA Awards
The Birmingham Annual Breastfeeding Awards (BABA) were launched with the intention of providing mothers with a friendly welcoming atmosphere to breastfeed. The awards have been very successful at promoting an awareness of breastfeeding and encouraging businesses to be breastfeeding friendly. Find out more about BABA here.
Why Breast Feed?
Breastfeeding offers plenty of medical, emotional and practical benefits to both mother and baby. If you want to learn more, why not take a look at our Breastfeeding FAQ or explore some of the breastfeeding friendly links to other websites below.
Other breastfeeding friendly websites
Below we have assembled a list of other breastfeeding friendly websites you might find useful: