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A La Leche League breastfeeding charity in Great Britain.

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LLL Collective @lllcollective.org.uk · Nov 30
New to Bluesky and here for people interested in breastfeeding support? Try this starter pack go.bsky.app/FPYkemz
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Hello from the APPG on Infant Feeding & Equalities, w @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social. We'll be hearing from Amy Brown of Swansea U about the result of the 2024 English Infant Feeding Survey, @bfn-uk.bsky.social about IYCFe, & @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social about infant formula recall #APPGIFI
June 30, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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We agree that equity is fundamental! We have a series called Equity in Breastfeeding which elevates the voices of those often left out of the conversation. Check out a subscription on our website. Less than a coffee a month, watchable over a lunch break
LA LECHE LEAGUE COLLECTIVE SCIO SC053899 EQUITY IN BREASTFEEDING WEBINAR SERIES Further your inclusive support practice with bitesized sessions. Who will you hear from next? Sign up today! Experiences of Breastfeeding as a Black Woman ADHD & Breastfeeding: my experiences Who Gets to Breastfeed? How Breastfeeding Intersects with Social Class Exploring... Breastfeeding Infants among Gypsies and Travellers in Wales Providing Equity for Breastfeeding British Sign Language Users Beyond Biology: Breastfeeding, Bonding and LGBTQ+ Inclusion My Breastfeeding Journey as an Unpaid Carer Towards Equity in Infant Sleep: Information, Understanding and Practice Experiences of Breastfeeding Neurodivergent Children How to Improve Feeding Support for the South Asian Community IlIcollective.org.uk/webinar
March 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Come say hi to us at Scotland’s National Breastfeeding Conference today!
Three LLL Collective volunteers stand together at a table with a banner attached to the table
March 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Celebrating successful breastfeeding numbers at Scotland’s National Breastfeeding Conference today!
A graph depicting a rise in breastfeeding rates from 2017-2026 presented at the Golden Jubilee Conference Centre Glasgow
March 4, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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Good afternoon from the #APPGIFI meeting in @ukparliament.parliament.uk chaired by @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social. The APPG was reconstituted in the AGM before the public segment of the meeting, with the full name of APPG on Infant Feeding and Inequalities restored
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Final day of sharing Top 24 research priorities for LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Care (@jameslindalliance.bsky.social PSP, supported by @ox.ac.uk & @britishacademy.bsky.social ).Qu 19-24 cover bonding, work leave, experiences of gender, induced & shared lactation, written language, & sperm donor diversity 1/
Question 19: What are the similarities and differences for gestational and non-gestational LGBTQIA+ parents bonding with their baby, and how can bonding be maximised? Question 20: What are LGBTQIA+ people’s experiences of taking leave from work when trying to conceive, during pregnancy or as new parents? Question 21: How do transgender parents’ experiences of their gender in the perinatal period affect their relationship with their baby? Question 22: What are non-gestational parents’ experiences of inducing lactation, and/or sharing lactation? What are the effects on the parents, and on the baby who is drinking induced milk?
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Day two of sharing the
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LGBTQIA+ Priority Setting Partnership results: questions 7 - 12 coming up... see yesterday's post for questions 1-6 and more description of the project, or read here: bit.ly/PSPabout and bit.ly/PSPresults 1/
LGBTQIA+ perinatal research: results Hundreds of LGBTQIA+ people and health professionals shared questions about fertility, pregnancy, birth and the time afterwards. Together we decided which ones need to be answered first. Read on for our results... Question 7: How much emotional labour are LGBTQIA+ people doing when accessing (or thinking about accessing) perinatal healthcare? How can this situation be improved? By emotional labour we mean the mental work people do in order to access services or meet someone else’s needs. It might include giving explanations of how LGBTQ+ people conceive, answering homophobic comments, dealing with your own emotions when forms or systems don’t fit your family, or thinking about any of these issues before making or going to an appointment. Question 8: How does using inclusive language throughout any treatment, pregnancy and birth, healthcare encounters, and within the first year of a baby’s life affect LGBTQIA+ families?
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Excited to launch the results of the LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Care Priority Setting Partnership. In our 1st survey, 366 LGBTQIA+ people & their HCPs submitted 1166 qus. We combined qus on the same topic to make 48 summary qus. We checked the evidence to see if any had been answered 1/
LGBTQIA+ perinatal research: results Hundreds of LGBTQIA+ people and health professionals shared questions about fertility, pregnancy, birth and the time afterwards. Together we decided which ones need to be answered first. Read on for our results...
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Day 3 of 4: results of the LGBTQIA+ Perinatal Care Priority Setting Partnership. Qu 13-18 cover finding information, induced lactation, timing of gender affirming hormones, surrogacy, parental titles on birth certificates and inclusive language 1/
Question 13: Where do LGBTQIA+ people and healthcare professionals look for information about reproductive choices (including success rates, health, legal, financial and employment implications)? Is the information they get accurate, and how can access to information be improved, including from NHS sources? Question 14: What are the most successful methods for inducing lactation in a non-gestational parent? What are the barriers to healthcare professionals providing lactation support to a non-gestational parent and how can these be overcome? Question 15: When planning a pregnancy, what are the right timings to pause and restart gender affirming hormones? Question 16: What increases good experiences of care and good perinatal outcomes for surrogates and LGBTQIA+ people becoming parents through surrogacy?
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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We're back after lunch for the last session, welcomed back by @ndzitina.bsky.social, chair for this afternoon #BFConf

She's had us all on our feet applauding the Baby Friendly team, & ourselves for the work that we do 👏🏿👏🏾👏🏽👏🏼👏🏻

You can see some of Ernestine's work here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs8C...
Breastfeeding: Not on the Agenda
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November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Next up is Illiyin Morrison speaking on Racism, perinatal choice and body autonomy

Morrison is a specialist perinatal trauma midwife, debrief faciitator, anti racism educator, author (and baker on series 15 of GBBO 🍰)
The title slide from Illiyin Morrison's presentation on Racism, perinatal choice and body autonomy with a picture of her seated on the side
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Welcome back after the break. Next up is @drnaomidowibclc.bsky.social speaking about “It’s Not Thrush!”: Challenging the Candida Narrative

Naomi is a GP, IBCLC and founding member of MiLC - Medics' Lactation Community #BFConf
The title slide of Naomi Dow's presentation "It's not thrush!" Challengin the Candida narrative
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Good morning from Day 2 of the @unicef-uk.bsky.social Baby Friendly Initiative Annual Conference in Telford. @vicky-thomas.bsky.social welcomed us back to this very special conference, describing it as a combination of an academic symposium, a hen party and a therapy session 😄 #BFConf
Vicky Thomas standing on the stage with a large screen behind her showing images of parents and babies and the Baby Friendly logo
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Back from the break for the last session of the day with Britta Stordal speaking about how Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer, a call for action in high income countries with low rates of breastfeeding #BFConf
The cover slide from Brittal Stordal's presentation. Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer: a call for action in high-income countries with low rates of breastfeeding
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Welcome back after lunch. Vicky Sibson of @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social is chairing this afternoon's session. Karen Read is speaking now about 10 years of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Neonatal Standards #BFConf
The title slide of Karen Read's presentation on 10 Years of BFI Neonatal Standards showing a mother holding premature twins skin to skin in a neonatal unit
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Welcome back to the 2025 Baby Friendly Conference #BFConf. We're hearing now from @aaloysius.bsky.social who is speaking now about what supports mothers of very preterm babies to start & continue breastmilk feeding in neonatal units
The title slide from Annie Aloysius's presentation What supports mothers of very preterm babies to start and continue breastmilk feeding in neonatal units? Mothers and staff experiences from units with high and low breastfeeding rates
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Good morning from the 2025 Baby Friendly Conference in Telford. Philip Goodwin, head of @unicef-uk.bsky.social is welcoming everyone to the largest ever #BFConf

Goodwin: Globally UNICEF is looking to strengthen systems that protect children globally. We must ensure children's rights are upheld
The stage at the conference centre ready to start the day with a welcome slide saying Welcome to the 2025 UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Annual Conference
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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It's this week! @unicef-uk.bsky.social's Annual #BabyFriendlyConference is back in person in Telford Wednesday & Thursday at the #TelfordInternationalCentre. If you can't make it follow along here & with #BFConf. Timetable www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly...
The 2025 Baby Friendly Conference cover showing the stage and audience at the 2023 conference, and the Baby Friendly logo in the corner. Text: Follow on Bluesky @lllcollective.org.uk & #BFConf
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A good summary of @wbtiuk.bsky.social’s report card for the UK on ten policy & programme indicators ⬇️ TLDR: not much progress since the 2016 report & the UK is in the bottom 25% of countries. Implementing the recommendations of the @cmagovuk.bsky.social report on BMS would be a great step #APPGIFI
lllgb.bsky.social La Leche League Great Britain (LLLGB) @lllgb.bsky.social · Jun 18
Good afternoon from the APPG on Infant Feeding and Inequalities chaired by @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social. Today we're hearing from @helengray.bsky.social about the 2024 WBTi report Action on feeding babies in the UK, a follow up from the first, baseline report from 2016 #APPGIFI
The title slide from the WBTi presentation to the APPG on Infant Feeding. Text: Action on feeding babies in the UK
June 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Happy Scottish Breastfeeding Week! To celebrate, we did some photography in Glasgow and Edinburgh to celebrate 20 years of our right to breastfeed in public places with photographer Hayley Fraser #sbw2025
June 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Happy Pride Month! LLL Collective is here to support you in your nursing journey every day of the year. Get in touch if you need breastfeeding or chestfeeding support for judgement-free help and information.
progress flag, a hand painted rainbow heart, pink roses, and a lavender lanyard with 13 badges and a crocheted rainbow breast are on a marble surface. There are seven graphic hearts in a rainbow of colours below the photo. Text reads: Happy Pride Month La Leche League Collective. La Leche League Collective is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SC053899
June 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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We met some folks today in Glasgow to take photos of and get their stories about breastfeeding. This parent talks about why representation matters for working class folks!
May 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Our early bird discount ends Saturday on our Equity in Breastfeeding series! Join our monthly webinar subscription to get videos straight to your inbox from people like these 💕
May 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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In emergency situations, breastfeeding can save babies' lives. Please see our blog post, and donate to GINA, Gaza Infant Nutrition Alliance.

www.gina.org.uk

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LLL Collective has published a Statement on Gaza and in support of the incredible work GINA is doing for mothers and babies there. Please see our blog post for the full text, and donate to GINA.
May 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Here are a few of our confirmed speakers for our upcoming Equity in Breastfeeding webinar series!! Check out the full list at lllcollective.org.uk/webinar and sign up to our newsletter to find out when the series drops 😎
Natasha Harding LLL Leader Experiences of Breastfeeding as a Black Woman Featuring June 2025 sign up now lllcollective.org.uk/webinar Shaheda Yasmeen-Khan private breastfeeding midwife specialist how to improve feeding support for the South Asian community featuring July 2025 sign up now lllcollective.org.uk/webinar Dr Rebecca Moore Make Birth Better Founder and Consultant Psychiatrist Breastfeeding and Trauma. Featuring soon. Sign up now lllcollective.org.uk/webinar Sarah Parry Health Visitor Explorinf barriers and facilitators to breastfeeding infants among Gypsies and Travellers in Wales. Featuring soon. Sign up now lllcollective.org.uk/webinar
April 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM