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The Podcast
Gathering together key conversations from the Holding Time project about motherhood, breastfeeding, history, culture, support and more…!
Open Eye Gallery Interview
Women are constantly faced with this difficult choice. And it is often a woman’s choice whether they want to carry on with their career and keep climbing the ladder and earning more and getting what they deserve, or whether they want to prioritise their children. There’s just this constant juggle of yourself over your child. I feel like I do prioritise myself a lot. I’ve been very selfish in many ways to continue with this work. The unselfish thing perhaps, would have been to go and get a job.
Let Mothers Be Well: Maternal Wellbeing at Open Eye Gallery
Let Mothers Be Well reflects on Holding Time’s Maternal Wellbeing Afternoon at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. The event combined breastfeeding storytelling workshops, a marketplace of maternity and family services, the Holding Time exhibition, peer-support discussion, live harp and a Singing Mamas workshop, creating a model for creative, social and community-based maternal wellbeing support.
Dr Vicky Fallon: Words and Power
Breastfeeding has profound and long-lasting health advantages, but the risks of poor maternal well-being run just as deep. The “breast is best” message has, in many cases, done more harm than good for both breastfeeding and formula feeding women. Words carry a lot of power and we need to be very careful of their use in future breastfeeding promotion campaigns.
For many, the current WHO recommendation of six months of exclusive breastfeeding is simply not realistic and can discourage mothers from even initiating breastfeeding. Instead we should follow a woman-centred approach where mothers are empowered to set their own realistic targets.
The Ecology of Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding is food. It is part of the wider network of food production and relations. The food of love, as it has been called. And it is. Breastfeeding provides sustenance and nourishment and love in one swift gesture.
Breastfeeding in Public: This Discomfort Matters
Breastfeeding is not the norm in the UK, and breastfeeding in public can be especially daunting to a new mother. The anxiety that many women face shows that. In the last Infant Feeding Survey, 45% of mothers said they felt uncomfortable feeding in front of others, and most acutely so in public spaces*.