Breastfeeding (Community)

The Coventry Infant Feeding Team are here to help families make an informed decision about how to feed their baby, to support families through their feeding journey and beyond.

• Promote breastfeeding
• Skin to skin
• Emotional attachment and bonding
• Responsive feeding and parenting
• Relationship building, building a happy baby

We offer virtual consultations, breastfeeding support clinics and home visiting.

For more information please contact us on tel: +44(0)7904984620

Warwick Hospital - Infant Feeding Coordinator
Tel: +44(0)1926 495321 Ext 8584

George Eliot Hospital - Specialist Midwife (Infant Feeding & Obesity)
Tel: +44(0)2476 865074 Ext 5074

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire - Infant Feeding Clinical Educator
Tel: +44(0)2476 967369

Related links

• The Breast Feeding Network
• NHS - Start4life - Breastfeeding
• Best beginnings - practical and simple educational and interactive tools to support parents to be
• Best Beginnings - Baby Buddy - a free mobile phone app for parents to be and new parents
• La Leche - friendly breastfeeding support from pregnancy onwards
• Association of Breastfeeding Mothers
• Breastfeeding in the UK

National Helplines:

• National Breastfeeding Helpline - Tel: +44(0)300 100 0212 (09:00 - 21:00)
• NCT Breastfeeding Helpline - Tel: +44(0)300 330 0700 (08:00 - 22:00)
• The Breastfeeding Network Support line - Tel: +44(0)300 100 0210
• La Leche League Helpline - Tel: +44(0)845 120 2918
• Association of Breastfeeding Mothers - Tel: +44(0)8444 122 949