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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LinkTree website<\/a> gives you details of all the breastfeeding groups across Lothian.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Childbirth Trust<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(08:00am\u00a0until Midnight\u200b)\u00a0Tel: 0300 330 0700
Have access to the following\u00a0languages –\u00a0Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Spanish Chinese Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi,\u00a0Urdu and\u00a0Korean.
https:\/\/www.nct.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breastfeeding Network<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.nationalbreastfeedinghelpline.org.uk\/get-in-touch\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

24 hours 7 days a week \u200bTel: 0300 100 0212<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have access to the following languages – Welsh, Polish, Bengali and Sylheti.
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La Leche League<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(8am to 11pm)\u200b Tel: 0345 120 2918\u200b
Have access to the following languages – Afrikaans, Bemba, British sign language, Croatian, French,  German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian,  Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili,  and Welsh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For written resources, LLL UK at\u00a0https:\/\/laleche.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LLL website is available in a number of languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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