Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Initiative (LBI) are looking for mums like you to share your experience with other mums. If you have any 'Hints & Tips' you would like to share, please email them to us at lbi@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
About Us
Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Initiative (LBI) was set up in 1997 in partnership with women from the community and health professionals from Lanarkshire Health Board. Our members include local mums, midwives, public health nurses and other health professionals who work together to support the Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Strategy.
Our members include local mums, midwives, public health nurses and other health professionals who work together to support the Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Strategy.
In Lanarkshire fewer mums choose breastfeeding compared to other areas in Scotland and this means that many women have never seen a baby being breastfed.
Women need support to get breastfeeding off to a good start but for many in Lanarkshire this is missing or limited because grannies, aunts and friends have not breastfed their own babies.
The LBI has been working alongside NHS Lanarkshire to "fill this gap" to ensure that more babies and mums from the area experience the full benefits of breastfeeding.
Our aim is to:
- Promote the benefit and further the health of breastfeeding mothers in Lanarkshire by seeking to improve the care, support and facilities available to them.
- Promote the values and the practice of breastfeeding among the public in Lanarkshire.
What do we do?
- We hold quarterly meetings in the Parenthood Department at Wishaw General Hospital - these are very informal and provide a good opportunity for mums, babies, toddlers and health professionals to network with each other. Our chair is local mum, Laura Heaney.
- We respond to the views of local mothers about any issue they may have about their breastfeeding experience and as a result the LBI has been instrumental in setting up the Community Mothers Peer Support projects and the Breastfeeding-Friendly Campaign in Lanarkshire.
- During National Breastfeeding Awareness Week we support and co-ordinate a range of activities with Public Health Nurses and mothers from Breastfeeding Support Groups, volunteers from the Community Mothers projects and Wishaw General Hospital's Maternity Unit.
Funding
The LBI has charitable status (Charity Registration Number SC024032) and has received funding from NHS Lanarkshire to support social marketing campaigns for breastfeeding during National Breastfeeding Awareness Week.
Contact Us
We are always keen to recruit new mums and health professionals and would be pleased to hear from anyone interested in becoming an LBI member.
For more information you can contact the LBI by email: lbi@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk or post:
Lanarkshire Breastfeeding Initiative
c/o NHS Lanarkshire
Health Promotion Department
Law House
Airdrie Road
Carluke
ML8 5ER