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• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 37 >> Support from her partner made a big difference but the best support was that which she sought from other breastfeeding women.

Unsatisfactory hospital experience with first baby; other two were home births. Regrets stopping breastfeeding her first child to go back to work. She didn't do that again.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 18 >> She had a very supportive friend. Without her she would not have continued to breastfeed.

Bottle fed first baby; breastfed second (6 months, enjoyable, copious milk supply) and third for six weeks (difficult, unsettled).

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 20-24 >> Interview 16 >> While she was getting support from her lactation consultant she was also getting support from the other women. She talked about why that was important

Baby in Special Care, fed expressed breast milk via tube, syringe & cup. Problems at home, slow weight gain, mixed feeding. Support from lactation consultant for five months.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 25 >> Meeting with other women to share experiences has been important in helping her to adapt to motherhood.

Special Care separation from 1st baby emotionally difficult. Got into cycle of engorgement, expressing, mastitis, too much milk for six months. Has not expressed for second baby.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 22 >> She received variable advice from a variety of health professionals and doubted her ability as a mother until she attended a lactation clinic for expe

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 30-34 >> Interview 46 >> She breastfed five children with ease and feels very proud of her self for becoming a peer counsellor. It gives her great pleasure to be able to help

Breastfed five children without problems, two of them in tandem for a short time. Very proud of her achievements. Breastfeeding peer supporter for her local community.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 35-39 >> Interview 35 >> She became an advocate for breastfeeding in her area and the demand for support has grown very quickly.

Pre-eclamptic fit, caesarean section, breastfed in intensive care and later in coronary care (heart failure/post partum cardiomyopathy). Determined breastfeeder. Peer counsellor and breastfeeding programme administrator.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 30-34 >> Interview 01 >> She didn't want to supplement her baby and thinks that health professionals have different views about weight gain and different levels of training in

Long labour, emergency caesarean section. Cracked nipples. Baby fed constantly but failed to thrive. Discusses chiropractic sessions, supplemental bottles, early solids, and milk donation. Now enjoying breastfeeding.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 38 >> Few people in her area breastfeed because the knowledge has been lost. Support groups help but changes in formula advertising and company sponsorship

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 51 >> Not attaching her first baby on properly led to later problems. She learned how to do it and had no problems with her other three. She says that breas

Latching-on problems with first baby leading to cracked nipples, engorgement & mastitis. Good milk supply. Joined breastfeeding support group. No problems with next three babies.

• Pregnancy & children >> Breastfeeding >> Age 25-29 >> Interview 38 >> She always took her daughter off and repositioned her if breastfeeding hurt. She wished she had observed other mothers more closely while she was preg

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.