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Infant Feeding and Breastfeeding


Watch our short video below that provides information on the information, advice, guidance and support that is available from our teams.
 

Essential Guide to feeding and caring for your baby

The following Essential Guide has been produced by Real Baby Milk. Our Infant Feeding Coordinator is part of the team that produces it. The guide is included in packs for new parents and can also be viewed or downloaded below. 

Download or view the Essential Guide

Useful videos and resources

Unicef produce useful resources to support parents and practitioners.

View the Unicef videos and resources

Breastfeeding Peer Support in Cornwall

Graphic showing a mum and baby with a peer supporterMother to mother, parent to parent, support for all families

  • Friendly, welcoming breastfeeding support groups in your local Family Hub and online via our Facebook group
  • Led by trained Breastfeeding Peer Supporters who have breastfed / chest fed their own children
  • Reliable, evidence-based information for all mums and parents-to-be, breastfeeding / chest feeding and combination feeding families 

Information you can trust

We want to empower you to feel confident in feeding your baby, no matter how much breastmilk they have or how you do it.

We are here for you!

Your Midwife and Health Visitor will also help you with breastfeeding, if in doubt, please ask.

Breastfeeding Peer Support on Facebook

Our Breastfeeding Support in Cornwall Facebook group is run by:

  • the Infant Feeding Peer Support Coordinator team, and
  • the Breastfeeding Peer Support volunteers

They can answer your queries and offer evidence-based information. They also support the community of breastfeeding families across Cornwall.

Join the Facebook group

  • The Peer Supporter will keep your queries confidential. We ask that you do not share the information in this group anywhere else
  • Safeguarding concerns will be referred to a safeguarding officer
  • Please agree to the group rules before participating, thank you
  • This group is for socialising with other parents, sharing information and supporting each other. So please be kind, be courteous, be supportive
  • Do you have concerns that you wish to be addressed by the page admins (the Peer Support Coordinators)? If so, please click the dots in the top right hand corner of the post
  • Anything deemed unacceptable will be deleted
  • Any breach of these guidelines may result in you being removed from the group
  • Your posts and comments will not be stored on any Council servers. For information on Cornwall Council data view how we use your information to provide services.

Community Based Drop-in Groups

Our groups take place at various locations across Cornwall. They offer support with breastfeeding. They also help you to meet other breastfeeding parents in a friendly and relaxed environment. They are led by trained Breastfeeding Peer Support volunteers and supported by the local health visiting teams.  

Find out what is available below in your area.

You can also view on our map below. This shows the locations of our:

Alternatively you can view the map in a new browser window

You can check if there are any cancellations to clinics or groups in your area at the bottom of this page. We will also post these on our social media @tffcornwall.

Bodmin

Mondays

Fridays


Bude

Tuesdays

  • Drop-in Clinic: 10-11.30am (first three Tuesdays of the month) at Bude Family Hub

Thursdays


Callington

Tuesdays

Fridays


Camborne

Tuesdays


Camelford

Tuesdays


Falmouth

Wednesdays

Fridays


Hayle

Thursdays


Helston and the Lizard

Wednesdays

Fridays


Launceston

Tuesdays

Thursdays


Liskeard

Mondays

Thursdays


Looe

Tuesdays


Newquay

Tuesdays


Penzance

Wednesdays


Perranporth

Tuesdays


Redruth

Mondays

Wednesdays


Saltash

Mondays


St Austell and the Clays

Wednesdays

Thursdays


St Ives

Fridays

  • Drop-in Clinic: 9.30-11.30am (2nd and 4th Friday of each month) at the Edward Hain Centre

Torpoint

Wednesdays


Truro

Thursdays


Wadebridge

Wednesdays


Cancellations to clinics, sessions and appointments

We currently have no cancellations.

Book on to a sessionInterested in Volunteering with us?

If you would like to be part of the Breastfeeding Peer Support team in your local area, get in touch! We are always looking for new volunteers.

Breastfeeding Peer Supporters are mothers / parents who have breastfed / chestfed their own children. They have completed a training program empowering them to support families by offering evidence-based information. They work closely with the Health Visiting Teams and alongside Midwifery. All volunteers are DBS checked and have regular update training.  They are the heart of our service, providing a warm and non-judgemental atmosphere.

We run training courses several times a year.Read more about the requirements of the role and apply to join us

Other sources of support 

  • Maternity Services: 01872 258000
  • National Breastfeeding Helpline: 0300 100 0212
  • Association of Breastfeeding Mothers: 0300 330 5453
  • La Leche League: 0345 120 2918
  • National Childbirth Trust (NCT): 0300 330 0700
  • The Breastfeeding Network supporter line in Bengali and Sylheti: 0300 456 2421

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