BreastfeedinFestival

Annual not for profit event, celebrating breastfeeding, sharing knowledge: run by volunteers see

[BreastfeedinFestival @BfFestNewcastle]

And that’s it! Packed up and on our way home - safe journeys to all who attended #bffest18
💜💙💚💛🧡❤️

[BreastfeedinFestival @BfFestNewcastle]

Surgeon Mrs Anne Lawson speaking on Breastfeeding Babies Who Need Surgery #BfFest18

[Vicky Thomas @LittleDoctorVic]

But sometimes we have to go for all the least preferred options because it’s what the baby needs. #bffest18

[Charlotte @themilkrebel]

Getting emotional now as the @BfFestNewcastle nears it's end. My beautiful friend from the North who I supported remotely in the early days said: "Thank you for all our milky cuddles, we wouldn't be here without you." 😭❤ #bffest18 #onefeedatatime #eachoneteachone #totesemosh

[Charlotte @themilkrebel]

"Sometimes babies are too ill to breastfeed, but we want to give them the energy to do it" @BfFestNewcastle #bffest18

[Vicky Thomas @LittleDoctorVic]

So proud of my esteemed and inspirational colleague Mrs Anne Lawson speaking at #bffest18 about the importance of breastfeeding babies with surgical problems @GreatNorthCH @NorthernPaeds

[Breastfeeding Together @Bf2gether]

Last talk of the day......

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#WiganBreastfeeds

[Breastfeeding Together @Bf2gether]

Questions & Answers session with the speakers from this years Festival 😊

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#WiganBreastfeeds

[Clare Watson @ClareWatson5]

Campaign against discreet breastfeeding #BfFest18 #indiscreetwoman @LittleDoctorVic

[Charlotte @themilkrebel]

Leo getting involved in the Panel discussion @BfFestNewcastle #BfFest18

[BreastfeedinFestival @BfFestNewcastle]

First session of the afternoon is Phyll Buchanan speaking on the #FROSTTIE Randomised Controlled Trial - frenotomy vs breastfeeding support for babies with tongue tie
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[BreastfeedinFestival @BfFestNewcastle]

We’ve lunched and chatted and shared stories; posed for group pictures and come back to the afternoon sessions refreshed 😃 #BfFest18

[BreastfeedinFestival @BfFestNewcastle]

@Ellamaclictor @JennytheM @durham_uni https://t.co/696y5pIo9S

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[BreastfeedinFestival @BfFestNewcastle]

Great to have friend of the Festival Professor Helen Ball, from @durham_uni speaking now about Safer Sleep & the Breastfed Baby 😃#bffest18

[Vicky Thomas @LittleDoctorVic]

@IsisOnline1’s Professor Helen Ball talking about safe infant sleep @BfFestNewcastle #bffest18. Always interesting, always educational, always inspirational.

[BreastfeedinFestival @BfFestNewcastle]

Gill Lund & Amanda Dunbar presenting their clinical audit on their frenotomy service in Sunderland 💜 #bffest18

[Vicky Thomas @LittleDoctorVic]

#Bffest18 day 2 opens with the team from Sunderland Royal Hospital talking about ankyglossia and breastfeeding

[BreastfeedinFestival @BfFestNewcastle]

@milk_rebel Maureen Minchin will be in the UK in October - so bring the book to her talk and she’ll sign that for you then 😃

[BreastfeedinFestival @BfFestNewcastle]

Artist Leanne Pearce #BfFest18 https://t.co/DUPcEnxpj8

[Charlotte @themilkrebel]

Leanne Pearce "Painting with passion" @BfFestNewcastle

[Vicky Thomas @LittleDoctorVic]

#bffest18 - Ayala Ochert talking about how cuts in bfing support never make same media splash as ‘breastfeeding tyranny’ and ‘mummy wars’... why?