Autumn 2011 - Mandy Mazliah

Breastfeeding
Do you need help breastfeeding?
There’s plenty of support
available….
Ask for help
Gaby Jeffs is our branch’s breastfeeding
counsellor. She’s available to answer
questions and provide support around
baby feeding. Call 07905 662 870 or email
gabyd.jeffs@virgin.net
Where to go
Breastfeeding cafes and drop-in clinics
Monday (except Bank Holidays)
Dulwich Breastfeeding Café
Christchurch, Barry Road off Lordship
Lane – use side entrance
9.30am – midday
Kennington Sure Start: Bosom Buddies
Hurley Pre-School, Hurley House,
Kempsford Road SE11 4PB
1.15pm – 3pm
Tuesday
Deptford Breastfeeding Group
Shaftsbury Christian Centre, Frankham
Street, Deptford, SE8 4RN
10am – midday (during term time)
Run by Hazel and Sam, contact on 020
8690 4753
Ellen Brown Bermondsey Play Centre
145 Grange Road, SE1 3EU
10am – midday
Call 07903 969541 or 020 7403 7482
Grove Children and Family Centre
Tower Mill Road, SE15 6BP
1pm – 3pm
Call 020 8694 3100
Wednesday
Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Breastfeeding
Café
Rotherhithe Primary School, Rotherhithe
New Road, SE16 2PL
10am – midday
Call 020 7771 5613 / 5614 / 3523
Rushy Green Surgery
Hawstead Road, SE6
11am – 12.30pm
Run by health visitor Pippa Shillington, call
020 8697 1133
Thursday
Peckham & Camberwell Breastfeeding
Café
Peckham Library (5th floor), 122 Peckham
High Street, SE15 5JR
10am – midday
Effra Children’s Centre
35 Effra Parade, SE2 1PL
1pm – 3pm
Stockwell Breastfeeding Café
Children’s Centre, Burgoyne Road off
Combermere Road, SW9
2pm – 4pm
Any queries contact midwife Melissa on
07956 309 591
The Milk Spot Breastfeeding Café
Woodmansterne Children’s Centre,
Stockport Road, Streatham, SE16 3DJ
1pm – 3pm
Call 07939 564 447
Friday
Borough & Walworth Breastfeeding Café
1st Place Children’s & Parents Centre,
Chumleigh Street, Burgess Park, E15 0RN
1pm – 3pm
Call 020 7771 3938 / 3935
Other groups
La Leche League
The southeast London branch has
meetings for pregnant and nursing mothers
where issues surrounding breastfeeding
babies and family life are discussed. Call
Antonia for details on 020 8693 6435
St George’s Hospital
If you’re a patient you can book an
appointment with breastfeeding counsellor
Elizabeth Thompson at the following
clinics:
Tuesday afternoons at Brockelbank Health
Centre, 249 Garratt Lane. Call 020 8700
0100
Thursdays 8.30am – 4pm at Thurleigh
Road Practice, 88A Thurleigh Road, SE12.
Call 020 8772 8829.
St Thomas’ Hospital
Breastfeeding workshops are run for St
Thomas’ patients who are around 36
weeks pregnant. Call 020 7922 5592
Kings College Hospital
Antenatal breastfeeding workshops run
at Dulwich Hospital – mainly for King’s
patients who are around 36 weeks. Make
an appointment well in advance of your
due date. Call 020 3299 3833
Helplines
The NCT Breastfeeding Line
0300 330 0771
Support and information is available
Monday to Sunday between 8am and
10pm
La Leche League
0845 120 2918
Breastfeeding Network
0870 900 8787
Helpline is open 9.30am – 9.30pm
Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
020 7813 1481
24-hour helpline
Kings Message Line
020 7346 4321
Can provide venue information for
breastfeeding support
For breast pumps and Valley cushion hire,
please turn to page 40 for hire contact
details.
Human milk bank
Donors are urgently required.
St Thomas’ call 020 7 188 4030 / 4031
King’s call Paula Blanchette / Karen
Powell on 020 3299 3038 or Clare Kedvas/
Joanne Joseph on 020 3299 3833
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