Expectant parents between 35 – 40 weeks pregnant. If you expect to deliver early you are welcome to book onto an earlier course – we simply recommend a later attendance to ensure the information is fresh in your mind for when your little one(s) arrive.
If you’re expecting one baby, twins or more – you’re welcome here.
The GBSN Preparation for Breastfeeding Workshop is open to parents who already have children. If this isn’t your first pregnancy, that’s fine too!
Your support partner is also welcome, and encouraged, to attend with you.
You do not have to have decided on how you want your personal breastfeeding journey to look to attend this course.
GBSN is here to support you no matter how you choose to embrace breastfeeding. We offer support to mothers who are exclusively breastfeeding, expressing or mixed feeding at all stages of their journey, from start to finish.
GBSN Preparation for Breastfeeding Workshops are delivered via Zoom, with a small group of expectant mothers and their support partners, who are in the same stages of their pregnancy and breastfeeding journey. Numbers may vary depending on interest and capacity.
The workshop generally takes place in the evening, for a duration of two hours
The workshop will be facilitated by a GBSN professional Breastfeeding Counsellor, who is trained by the NCT.
All GBSN support services are provided free of charge. That includes our Preparation for Breastfeeding Workshop. Afterwards, we will send out an invitation to donate to GBSN. Donations are gratefully received, but not compulsory to attend this workshop.
We are a self-funded charity providing universal support to breastfeeding mothers and we are run predominantly by volunteers.
Each workshop costs £46 to run and we rely almost entirely on kind donations by the families who have benefited from our support and the tireless fundraising efforts of our volunteers and supporters.
Therefore, there is a suggested donation of £5-£6 per each of the 8 families attending to cover the cost of each workshop.
However, we are running these sessions on a Pay What You Can basis, whatever you can afford will help us to keep supporting everyone in need of help with their breastfeeding journey.