Following weeks of intense lobbying, the Government has guaranteed funding for the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s breastfeeding helpline for the next 12 months.
Thanks for your support! Funding for the helpline renewed for the next 12 months #thankyou #breastfeeding #mum2mum pic.twitter.com/cV07Az9X71
— ABA (@OzBreastfeeding) February 22, 2016
In the first few weeks, as a mother sets out on her journey as a parent, there are few things more fraught than feeding your baby.
While for some mothers, breastfeeding comes naturally and perfectly normally, that’s the exception rather than the rule.
For most mothers, learning to breastfeed a baby is a process filled with hope, crushing defeat, joy, questions, indecision, hormones and love.
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