Advice & Tips

Parenting can be hard work, and pregnant mums and new mothers sometimes need a little bit of extra help from other mums who know what they’re going through. Breastmates has created a special resource section filled with tried and tested parenting tips, common-sense advice on pregnancy and motherhood, unbiased help with infant feeding, and expert answers to your most important questions. Being a mum is the most important job you’ll ever do, and Breastmates cares about helping you to enjoy being a mum without the stress.

Baby in Distress

A mum shares her birth story,they tried to speed up contractions after her waters broke

Baby Not Breathing

One mum shares her birth story, how baby was born not breathing and was whisked

Baby Very Stuck

Naomi shares her birth story __________________ I was induced the day after my due date

Baby Well Over Due

Birth story shared by a mum - baby was long overdue. She had

Contractions Didn’t Increase

A mum shares her birth story, how contractions never got closer together and she had

Cord Around Neck

A mum shares the story of her daughters birth, labouring for 15 hours and baby

Csection at 31 Week

A story of baby's arrival, a cesaeran performed at 31 weeks due to blood pressure

Episiotomy and Vontouse Suction

A mum shares her birth story, starting with induction (breaking waters) to start contractions, episiotomy

Forceps Delivery

A mum shares the story of her sons birth - where she had help to

Induction at 35 Weeks

"A mum shares her birth story - induction at 35 weeks due to the risk