our bf support lost its funding :(

[emamum]

we had a free support group of breastfeeding councellors, they visited in hospitals and at home and ran free drop in play groups where you could meet other mums and rang everyone every few weeks to check how you were getting on and give advice and warnings about growth spurts and they just lost their funding and will close at the end of june

my councellor came to my house the day after i had dd who is my second child and talked to me, gave me free nipple cream because i was sore and talked me through it all, i know many of my friends wouldnt have managed without them (i'm too stubborn to quit )

in an area where my health visitor can say that i am her only breastfeeding mum and my midwife has never had a pregnant breastfeeder (we had a nice chat about tandem feeding) i think we need all the help we can get

[welsh]

That's awful.
I was just home in the UK for a visit after my Sister gave birth. There is no bf support in her county at all. The health visitors are clueless about breastfeeding and the midwives in the hospital were so understaffed
Sis and I were giving bf in her hospital bay the night I visited! There was one young Mum who wanted to try bf-ing but wasn't getting any help and babe ended up on the bottle.
So sad and frustrating.