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• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 05 >> She was annoyed about the early introduction of infant formula which impacted upon her breastfeeding experience.

Fed daughter expressed breast milk via bottle for 10 weeks until baby learned to breastfeed. Discusses pumping, mastitis, breast milk donation, weaning. Son's feeding straight forward.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 22 >> She used expressed breastmilk in a bottle when feeding in places where she or other people may have felt uncomfortable. She did not breastfeed in fron

Difficulty with latch-on; poor weight gain; mixed breastfeeding and bottle feeding (expressed breast milk and formula); baby on regular 6 feeds during the day.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 20-24 >> Interview 15 >> Feeding her hungry child is more important to her than her image. She has felt discriminated against and thinks that this is off-putting for other you

Bad hospital experiences. Copious milk supply, leaking, engorgement, solids at four months followed by breast refusal and early weaning. Now a peer supporter for other breastfeeding women.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 23 >> She would not sun bathe topless but breastfeeding in public has been no problem except for one time when she had disapproving looks from a family seat

Good milk supply, used nipple shields with first baby, introduced hungry baby formula for last feed at night. Second baby exclusively breastfed, just beginning solids.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 30 >> When she looked back, “proud” was the word that she used to describe how she felt about her breastfeeding experience.

Enjoyed breastfeeding, few difficulties, support network extremely important to her especially family, friends and the breastfeeding support group, La Leche League.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 15-19 >> Interview 40 >> Her extended family did not approve of her breastfeeding and thought that it was why her baby was unsettled. However, her boyfriend was very supportiv

Baby had jaundice and lost weight at first, needed to be woken 2-3 hourly to feed. Engorgement, sore nipples in first two weeks. Dummy for comfort sucking.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 38 >> The irony of being asked to move to a changing room when she was breastfeeding next to a super-cleavage push-up bra in a lingerie department was not l

Breastfed - almost exclusively, only just beginning solid food at one year. Sleepy baby with jaundice, occasional blocked duct. Baby shares mother's bed. Support group important.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 17 >> She avoids public toilets and always goes to a mother and baby room but sometimes the furniture is not appropriate and there can be tension between br

Difficulties with breastfeeding including positioning, sore nipples (used nipple shields), low milk supply, poor weight gain, possible depression. Having nightmares about going back to work.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 15-19 >> Interview 32 >> Her breastfeeding experience changed her attitude towards her breasts which she no longer sees as purely sexual. She thinks that these attitudes affec

Really enjoying child-led breastfeeding. Supportive partner, family and friends. "Give it a go to see if it works for you" she says. Slight engorgement, copious milk supply.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 20 >> He thinks that bottle feeding became so ingrained that people forgot how to breastfeed and the breast became a sexual symbol only instead of also the

Two bottle fed and two breastfed children. Closely involved in baby care, supportive of breastfeeding. Difficulties with an unsettled baby who was eventually diagnosed as dairy intolerant.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 49 >> She discussed unhelpful attitudes towards breastfeeding and some ways of encouraging and supporting women from disadvantaged areas.

Caesarean section, cracked nipples, blocked ducts and mastitis. Breastfed exclusively for 26 weeks before introducing finger foods. Trying to cut out night feeds.