So what goes on at breastfeed groups ?

[WorzselMummage]

I thought i might pop along to my local one next week just as a way of meeting some new people.

I don't think i need any help BF though, it seems to be going quite well now though we have had our problems in the past.

Will i have to show someone how i do it or something ? I don't mind anyone seeing or anything, i'm just preparing myself in advance

Or is it just tea drinking & chat [hopes]

just tea drinking and chat.

and then they give marks out of 10

seriously, the first one enjoy

yes, just tea and chat. cake if you're lucky. it'll be nice.

oh good !

thanks

it is drinking tea, chatting, asking any questions that arise, they help with positioning if you are struggling or advise on mastitus/thrush etc and help whan you start weaning. there are normally toys and play mats out for the kids and sometimes theres a hv who can weigh/measure the baby.
well worth going to!

tea and biscuits at ours, then anyone who needs help goes off to a quiet room with a BF peer supporter.

i met some wonderful ladies at BF group. i found they are there for help if you need it, or just general chat and tea and biscuits if you don't. i went at first for help, and then just enjoyed it so kept going for quite a long time.

My friend trained as a BF counsillor, and invited me along to a BF group, only she just told me it was a group where I could learn about the best type of nutrition for my baby. I had quite breastfeeding about six months before! People kept congratulating me on still breastfeeding at that age, and I had to point out that I didn't. Very odd.

If it's a LLL meeting, there is often a formal discussion.

Otherwise, generally speaking there is a lot of tea drunk, and despite the number of norks being whipped out, BF is actually the least popular topic of conversation at the one I go to Unless someone is new, or having a problem they want to discuss generally of course.