UHCW, Coventry
On permanent display at UHCW are seven mother portraits form the Holding Time series taken during the project which ran 2020-2021 to coincide with Coventry City of Culture 2021. These works feature Coventry and Warwickshire mothers who gave birth at the hospital feeding their infants. All of the mothers featured also have been interviewed about their personal breastfeeding experiences and these insights can be found via links to the project Youtube channel.
An interview with Professor Debra Bick, head of Warwick University’s Maternity Themed Clinical Trials Unit reminds us of the need for policy change in the area of breastfeeding across the UK.
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Sonia:
I remember ringing a family member and saying, “I’m in bed. I’ve got the baby. I don’t know what to do.” I explained what had happened, and she said, “I’ll grab some bottles and some formula. I’m coming straight down.” And I said, “No. Stop there. I need to feed this through. I just need…
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Natalie
Transcript Natalie:The problem was, I was so focused on labour and giving birth. I just assumed that the help I’d need with breastfeeding would be there. That I’d be able to ask for it, and someone would help me. How wrong I was. That was a real shock to the system. I realised very quickly…
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