Sarah

My name is Sarah. My baby is called Zangi. I am a Bosom Buddy for the Chapeltown group. I feel lucky to have had amazing NHS support, as well as peer support, plus an army of feeding mums and friends helping me work out how best to feed my baby. I needed to know I could stop in order to keep going. I became a volunteer peer supporter because I deeply believe in more support for all parents regardless of how we feed our children! Breastfeeding’s been hard at times, with the litany of mutual health issues we had for the first few months, and my own ongoing disability. But I also LOVE it now. Nursing in a wheelchair out and about feels somehow radical because it’s not as much a documented experience. At times I struggle with the combined hypervisibility of wheelchair use AND breastfeeding. I can also struggle with the isolation of dealing with pain and other physical challenges alone at home. Breastfeeding can be difficult in those times, but it’s also a wonderful source of connection for me and my baby when I’m sad about not being able to chase him round or help him expand his physical world  Leeds Bosom Buddies