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Breastfeeding Support and Advice
Whether struggling to get going with breastfeeding your baby or ready to finish, help is only a phone call away.
Our NCT Breastfeeding phone line 0844 243 6129 (Option 7) is available between 8am and 10pm.
Our NCT local counsellors can be reached as follows –
Susan Page - telephone 01506 843 592, email susan.page@hotmail.co.uk.
Gillian Rhodes – telephone 07854 682570, email nct@gillianrhodes.co.uk
In the Falkirk area, Ruth Astbury, Falkirk CHP Breastfeeding Coordinator is also able to help. Please call 01324 815 105 (office hours).
Our breastfeeding counsellors undergo a thorough training with the NCT although they are not required to be medically qualified. All are expected to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in maternity care and must register with us every year. Their role is to offer support, information, practical skills and resources to help you make informed choices for yourself and your baby. They do not offer medical advice. Please take any questions about the medical care of mother and baby to their your midwife, health visitor or doctor.
Local Breastfeeding Support Groups:
Joining a breastfeeding support group is an excellent way to find out more about breastfeeding and make friends too. The following are not run by the NCT and times are for guidance only. Please contact your local health visitor for details.
Armadale Health Centre Bathgate Primary care Centre Blackburn Health Centre Pentlands/ Balerno – Dean Park Clinic Bo'ness Health Centre, Dean Road, Bonnybridge Health Centre, Larbert Rd, Carmondean Health Centre Dedridge Health Centre Denny Health Centre, Carronbank, East Calder Health Centre
| Falkirk - Dawson Centre, Davids Loan, Grangemouth - Community Education Centre, Abbots Road Linlithgow Health Centre Livingston Breastfeeding Cafe, Forrest Hill Community Centre, Ladywell Livingston, Wednesdays 2pm Murieston Health Centre Polmont - Meadowbank Health Centre South Queensferry Breastfeeding Cafe Strathbrock Partnership Centre, Broxburn Stoneyburn Health Centre Whitburn Health Centre
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