Video: Breastfeeding Mums at Sobar Cafe hoping to help break a world record
Mums from across Nottinghamshire gathered in a city centre cafe to break a world record of the amont of women breastfeeding at the same time.
Sobar Cafe was one of a number of venues across the world where Mums came together to breastfeed their kids at 10.30am this morning (Friday August 4) as part of The Global Big Latch On.
Last year saw the world record smashed with 17,998 Mums recorded breastfeeding at the same time.
The event is also designed to bring together women who breastfeed to network and share their experiences.
Sobar Cafe regular Melanie shared her story of feeling as though she did not gain access to the information she needed with breastfeeding.
Melanie said: “Unfortunately my milk wasn’t triggered at that point.
“I bottle fed my son the entire time and we found out he had a cow milk allergy 18 days after he was born.
“It was going to be a difficult struggle no matter what but I didn’t feel I got any support during my time.”
Miriam Jones was one of the Mums looking to help break the world record and found out about the event through social media.
She said: “Somebody added me to the event yesterday on Facebook and I wanted to show support for everyone breastfeeding.
“You get to meet Mums doing the same thing and you get to find out different techniques so you learn a lot too.”
Breastfeeding peer support volunteer Jen Lea benefited from support herself.
She said: “I had a lot of problems at the very beginning when I first had my little boy – I had the midwives over every single day during the first week.
“In the end, we successfully started breastfeeding and he was two in April and he’s still going strong.
“He’s purely breastfed – we gave up formula after about three weeks but I wanted to give something back and I’ve learnt so much on the course while training to be a peer supporter.
“There’s so much information but still so many myths that are still perpetuated by society.”
