Wicklow Antenatal Classes & Breast Feeding Support - Childbirth Services

Delighted to have another date lined up to talk Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding and more Breastfeeding. 🤱🏼 You can find the details to book in for this online workshop titled “Preparing to Breastfeed, 22 August” by clicking the link in my bio. Can’t wait!👩🏼‍💻🤱🏼

Catherine, Emma, Jess and Kathryn today having attended the presentation by this years La Leche League keynote speaker Nancy Mohrbacher at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin.
The emphasis was on the importance of really good breastfeeding support in the early days and the role of breastfeeding groups to support and provide the village that we all need. Speaking of the village it was also great to meet up with our friends and colleagues today too 💕

What a lovely way to celebrate IBCLC Day! With some of my favourite breastfeeding champions and some fabulous new mums with their gorgeous new babies. Thank you for coming and filling my home full of wonderful oxytocin! @ Ashford, Wicklow, Ireland

Beautiful post...had to share

This is so true, I had no idea. There’s no ‘getting back to your old self’ as your self is changed irrevocably ❤️

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I felt awkward,
the first time i held you

i couldn't quite feel it yet,
myself as a mother

so i acted out the motions
to which they all replied 'she's a natural'
but I felt nothing of the sort

but i felt more awkward
when i met with old friends
because they didn't quite get it yet,
me as a mother

and what seemed simple,
now was complicated,
but only for me,
and I just couldn't laugh with them like i used to

but as time went on,
the person i felt closest to
was the one who was also born that day,

who knew how to gently stroke your hair
who instinctively reached for you, before you even fully woke.

the one who knew that if you had the hiccups, it was because you were about to get a tooth
or that you preferred to be rocked both forward and back AND side to side, at the same time, in a figure 8 motion that, despite coaching, no one else could master

i grew to love her,
this new self.
she became me.

and soon, i couldn't find her anymore,
the old one.

the one who was always ready to go,
who showed up, who told jokes,
who planned, and made things beautiful, just because

she was still there,
doing all these things
but differently.

i only miss her a little,
mostly when you're asleep.
but i never miss her when i remember what i have that she didnt know she was missing

and now, im walking upstairs
to bring you a glass of water
because I hear you stirring.

and the person i am now
(who i was always meant to become)
knows that soon, you'll call out my name.

mom, you'll say, can I have some water
but I'll already be right there.

because i know you, and now,
I know me more, too.💜

I’m so delighted to be nominated in these awards! I heard about it as I was coming home from a weekend of training breastfeeding counselors and I was already on a high! This is the cherry on the cake of a great weekend. Thank you to all the mothers who voted for me! It really means so much. X

Not to be missed!

ALCI is delighted to welcome Dr. Alan O'Reilly MB.BCH.BAO. DCH. DRCOG. DO. IBCLC to this year's 30th Anniversary Conference in September. Alan will facilitate a workshop on tongue tie - when to recommend lactation support Vs when to refer for frenotomy.

Alan is a GP based at Camden Medical in Dublin 2. He has a special interest in tongue tie. He has recently become an ALCI representative for the Baby Feeding Law Group. Alan is a father of three young children.

Please note: Workshops space are limited, so please book your conference tickets ASAP to ensure you get your first choice of workshops. Booking is available here http://www.alcireland.ie/events/alci-events/.

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