Yes, 2 years minimum breastfeeding / human milk feeding is recommended as optimum for human health. Immune and bioactive factors are especially important throughout the early years.

Last day of work before mat leave. So happy to end on a high with @AmmaBirth and the #ammafamily for hooking me up. I presented the whole session on a yoga ball! #WomenSupportingWomen

Claire-Michelle Pearson became a ‘snowdrop’ breast milk donor after her son Rupert died during labour. Her portrait features in new art exhibition, Connecting Hearts, by @SwanseaUni, @milk_foundation & @leanne_artist. Claire-Michelle joins @BBCNuala to share her story 🔽

Thank you to Dr Ndzi @ndzitina for sharing her personal experience of breastfeeding in the UK. She grew up never hearing of a new mother crying because of breastfeeding. Why? It was supported by her culture and wider society. #bfscot2023

Really excited to be at the #bfscot23 event hearing the opening address from @jenni_minto. Children only get one chance at childhood 🤍🙏🏽

Please consider signing up to this study so we can map and track WHO code violations #EndExploitativeMarketing

AGREED! And you can vote for Isabela Coracy as Nina Simone in the Best Performer category at the Black British Theatre Awards here: https://t.co/JUbAPqMz6r #bbPioneers

Feeding babies is only one part of the parental mix, but for those not able to feed their babies as they hoped or would have chosen, it's a big part. Infant feeding should be on everyone's agendas. This film will help explain why. 👇

Never before have I witnessed such a powerful and compelling performance, on stage or screen. #IsabelaCoracy as Nina Simone. Acting was sublime, she fully embodied the role and was truly born for this part. @BalletBlack was dance and storytelling at its best tonight. 👏🏽👑

It is always great to work with colleagues throughout Scotland, and beyond.Especially @mariannetayside and @xlisayoungx in highlighting the need for MDT lactation care in #breastcancer & #breastsepsis. @NHSTayside are lucky to have you and the surgical team driving this forward!

This #ScottishBreastfeedingWeek I'm highlighting inequalities and celebrating the work of @AmmaBirth @breastbuddiespk @lllgb @LLLEdinburgh @DrLizSmith1 @emmaw1717 @PhillipaRewaj and many more! #SBW2023

"It's a societal responsibility to raise healthy children". Thank you @skysarahjane and @LittleDoctorVic for raising the important issue of the first 1000 days and formula poverty in the UK.

Formula is expensive, and that consumer cost funds a $3BILLION marketing budget per year. They spend further more on lobbyists, sponsoring medical events and creating "helpful" breastfeeding resources for parents. Don't be fooled, they care about profits, not babies.@BFMedicine

ALL nations need to prepare for #IYCFE @HelenGrayIBCLC spells out the importance of #humanmilk feeding in emergencies. From displacement in Syrian and Ukraine wars, floods, Grenfell and nuclear threat, pre planning is essential in high AND low income countries. @LLLGB @bfmed

Now open access. Norway has counted mothers milk it its food statistics for three decades. Other countries should too. #breastfeeding is productive work #mothersmilktool

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Game changing advocacy from @JuliePSmith1 to push for breastfeeding to be included in GDP. Of course the value can not only be measured in £€¥s, but it is an important start to help Governments and populations understand the economic impact of reduced #breastfeeding.@BFMedicine

Pre @unicef BFHI in Croatia, healthy term babies were routinely separated from their mothers. EBF rates were 2% and Dr Irena Zakarija-Grkovic tells us her predominant memory of working there, was the sound of newborns crying. @BFMedicine #EABM2023

@ilana_abc systematic review and meta analysis of the effect of relaxation interventions on breastmilk quantity and maternal mental health @HIFN12