This year the focus of World Breastfeeding Week, commemorated from 1-7 August 2023, is on breastfeeding and employment/work.

I prepared a lot for the birth but wasn’t worried about the breastfeeding as I thought I knew what I needed to do to successfully breastfeed

After two or three weeks of the worst pain I’ve ever felt, I realised that something was wrong...

Winner announcement of the World Breastfeeding month photo competition held in August 2022.

I had never heard of a condition known as Hirschsprung’s disease or congenital megacolon. This is what was suspected in Joshie's case.

The theme for World Breastfeeding Week 2022 is "Step Up for Breastfeeding. Educate and Support.". Come celebrate with us!

Breastfeeding support has so many faces. The greatest supporters of breastfeeding mothers often don't need to know about breastfeeding.

I joined the local La Leche League meetings - for breastfeeding help throughout our journey and to make new friends.

Nursing during those first weeks was dreadful: a painful latch, friction on my C-section scar and then there was the mastitis.

La Leche League Group Member Denise shares her story. I have been exclusively breastfeeding my baby for 14 weeks. This has been the most...

Hi, I’m Nisreen and this is Raphael. And this is our breastfeeding journey. It hasn’t been easy. I fell pregnant at 42 years old, two months after I came out of ICU for major surgery to remove a tumour. I had had several miscarriages prior to that, and failed IVF, and this little miracle happened naturally. I was hospitalised for most of my pregnancy, and managed to keep him in until 36 weeks, but he was tiny weighing in at 1,9kg only. He took to the breast, but with much dif

INTERVIEW WITH A MOTHER BREASTFEEDING TRIPLETS Today, I have Tanyaradzwa Rimayi on the phone. Tanyah first made contact with me through La Leche League when she was still expecting. Today the babies are 5 months old and I am curious to hear about her breastfeeding journey so far. Katinka: Hallo Tanyah, tell us a little bit about yourself. Tanyah: Hallo! I am 25 years old, married and live in Marondera. My mom died when I was very young and I was raised by my father. Katinka

Surrounding myself with a village of people who fully understood breastfeeding and were able to support me was critical to my success.

Jakob was born at 32 weeks per emergency caesarean, weighing only 1500 grams. I was desperate to give him the best I could.

La Leche League South Africa ran a photo competition as one of its activities during World Breastfeeding Month (August 2021).

How Anet helped a vulnerable, premature baby with skin-to-skin that awakened the baby's instinct to suckle.

From the minute we found out we were expecting another little miracle I decided I would do whatever it takes to breastfeed.

At my 19-week anomaly scan, I was prepared for the words: "I’m not happy with his top lip". I knew then, with certainty, that our little blessing did in fact have a cleft.

Once you start a family, travelling will probably change a lot from what you knew before. It can be stressful to travel with your new baby,

I haven't shared my story before as I feel some mommies have had it much harder, but I still feel that it might encourage others.