Feeding your baby

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Feeding Your Baby

In this section you will find everything you need to know about feeding your baby.

Once you have your baby, our dedicated team of midwives and infant feeding advisors will provide you with one to one support to help you feed your baby. It can take a while before you feel confident, especially if you are breastfeeding, but help is available from your midwife, health visitor or local breastfeeding support group.

Find out more about breastfeeding, bottle feeding and introducing solid foods (weaning).

You can find more information on the NHS Choices website.

Refer yourself today

Did you know you can refer yourself for an appointment with one of our midwives without speaking to your GP first?

You can self-refer by calling our midwife hotline on 07787 841 986.

Or fill out our online self-referral form for maternity services

Please read this booklet which contains useful information about the screening choices you will have during and after your pregnancy.

You can download information on screening tests and these 'easy read guides to the screening tests for you and your baby'.

You can also scan the below QR code with your mobile phone camera to access Antenatal and Newborn Screening Information.

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If in doubt, call the midwife!

It is now even easier to speak to one of our midwives to answer any questions you may have about pregnancy, birth or your newborn baby with our Maternity Helpline:

020 8836 4491

Monday-Friday 10am-5pm

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