Breastfeeding support groups are a great help for any mother giving her baby any breastmilk. You are welcome to attend any NHS Lothian group, to meet other Mothers and babies, there is no need to register you can just turn up.
The following associations have access to peer supporters who speak foreign languages. This means the peer supporters can phone a mum or video chat with a mum in their language.
The LinkTree website gives you details of all the breastfeeding groups across Lothian.
National Childbirth Trust
(08:00am until Midnight) Tel: 0300 330 0770
Have access to the following languages – Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Spanish Chinese Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and Korean.
Lothian.Peers@nct.org.uk
Breastfeeding Network
(9:30 am to 09:30 pm) Tel: 0300 100 0212
Have access to the following languages – Italian, Hungarian and Lithuanian
La Leche League
(8am to 11pm) Tel: 0345 120 2918
Have access to the following languages – Afrikaans, Bemba, British sign language, Croatian, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, and Welsh.
For written resources, LLL International at www.llli.org
The LLL website is available in a number of languages.
National Breastfeeding Helpline
Open from 9.30am-9.30pm every day of the year on 0300 100 0212
All calls are answered by volunteers who are trained and supported by the Breastfeeding Network and the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers. They also offer support on the same number in Welsh and Polish.
