National Breastfeeding Awareness Week is a UK-wide annual event that has taken place in England since 1993. Run by the Department of Health, the goal of the week is to highlight that breastfeeding is the healthiest feeding option for babies and mothers. This year’s focus is on getting mothers to breastfeed longer. In the UK, [...]

Many nursing mothers become very anxious about when and how best to stop breastfeeding. The decision to stop breastfeeding should be part of a natural process of raising a child and should be of no concern to anyone but mother and baby. If a woman is anxious about when to cease breastfeeding, the best advice [...]