Breastfeeding and the workplace

• Author:
• Claire Fuller

Returning to work can be a major barrier to breastfeeding; indeed, work is one of the most common reason mothers with babies over six weeks old stop breastfeeding. However, the Department of Health guidelines (in line with the World Health Organisation) recommend that babies should be breastfed exclusively for the first six months of their lives, and breastfed alongside solid food after that – and that work should not be a barrier to this.

 

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