Breastfeeding

‘Breasts are a serious political problem’: one woman’s quest to reclaim her chest

Sarah Thornton had dismissed them as ‘dumb boobs’ until a double mastectomy changed everything. Her new book, Tits Up, explores what our beliefs about breasts mean – from feeding babies to bra design and Baywatch

Emine Saner

15, May, 2024 @4:00 AM

Israel destroyed 4,000 embryos by bombing an IVF centre in Gaza | Arwa Mahdawi

The anti-abortion crowd who believe embryos are ‘extrauterine children’ have been weirdly silent about the strike

Arwa Mahdawi

20, Apr, 2024 @1:00 PM

My libido has shot through the roof since I stopped breastfeeding

I can’t stop thinking about sex, and fantasies about women and men other than my husband are distracting me from parenting. Is this normal?

Pamela Stephenson Connolly

23, Jan, 2024 @8:00 AM

There are no winners in the breast v bottle debate | Letters

Letters: Mothers should be informed of their choices, not coerced into breastfeeding, writes Jess Haigh. Plus letters from Barbara Wallis, Dr Heather Parry, Dr Janet Dawson and Peggy Thomas

14, Jan, 2024 @3:51 PM

A caring nanny state could be good for us | Brief letters

Brief letters: Toothbrushing in schools | Fake steering wheels | Breastfeeding support | Undressing acrobatics

12, Jan, 2024 @4:48 PM

‘I felt rage. I had traded my sanity for milk’: what happened when I breastfed despite the pain

Women continue to be told that breast is best – even when they are in agony or exhausted. As I discovered firsthand, this message puts new mothers under incredible strain

Sirin Kale

10, Jan, 2024 @5:00 AM

Failure to stem rising cost of formula in UK putting babies at risk, say experts

Leading doctors and charities urge children’s health minister to take action to support struggling families

Sally Weale and Patrick Butler

27, Dec, 2023 @11:11 AM

UK regulators ‘should act to curb rise in cost of infant formula’

British Pregnancy Advisory Service found 65% of mothers were worried about price of feeding their babies

Sarah Marsh

13, Dec, 2023 @6:00 AM

‘It’s extortionate’: a mother’s struggle to afford rising price of baby formula

Lone parent Rebecca Anderson feels women in UK who do not breastfeed are being penalised after 25% price rise

Clea Skopeliti

01, Dec, 2023 @1:28 PM

Brain circuit behind release of breast milk at baby’s cries uncovered

Scientists find continuous crying by mouse pups triggers release of oxytocin, which controls milk-release response

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

20, Sep, 2023 @4:33 PM

Mothers should beware unethical marketing by formula firms | Letter

Letter: Commercial milk formula advertising can frame normal behaviour as pathological, says Dr Tony Waterston

31, Aug, 2023 @4:56 PM

Boots baby formula ads on Google broke rules, says UK watchdog

Retailer apologises for error, with such advertising banned in case it discourages breastfeeding

Joanna Partridge

23, Aug, 2023 @8:19 AM

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