Breastfeeding support - Hamilton NZ La Leche League

So many events this week. 💚🩵

Where is your nearest La Leche League group?

Edit:
We also have the Mana/ Porirua group meeting on Thursday at 1 pm at Tawa Plunket
Apologies for missing them out this week. 🙏

What's on this week at La Leche League NZ?

Monday 25th May:

Karori/Wellington:
⏰️10-11 am
📍Karori Baptist Hall
Whether you're planning for your baby, breastfeeding, chestfeeding, pumping, mixed feeding, or thinking about your options, we'd love to see you.

Wednesday 27th May:

Nelson:
⏰️ 9.30-11.30 am
📍Richmond Plunket
Join us for our monthly catch up. Meet other mums and parents.

Whether you are expecting a baby, breastfeeding a newborn, feeding a busy toddler, or simply coming along to connect, you are warmly welcome.

Friday 29th May:

Hamilton:
⏰️ 9.30am - 11am:
📍Ethos Café, Morrinsvilpe Road
Join is for a catch up over a cuppa. Everyone welcome. Leaders will be there to help answer questions.

Howick:
⏰️10am
📍Elim Parents Room, 159 Botany Road.
Have you got questions about breastfeeding? Are you struggling with breastfeeding and not sure what is normal and what not? Come and join us for our meeting where we talk about the basics of breastfeeding and what to do in the normal course of breastfeeding.

Kerikeri:
⏰️10am-12
📍Plunket Kerikeri
Everyone is welcome — parents, grandparents, support people & of course children of all ages. Whether you are pregnant, breastfeeding, mixed-feeding, bottle feeding or parenting older children, this is a space for everyone to be heard and supported through shared experience.

Waihi:
⏰️10am
📍Venue TBC
All welcome, come and ask any questions you might have. Great for pregnant mums wanting to know more about breastfeeding, and mums at all ages and stages of breastfeeding.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with the groups directly

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Did you 'know' when your family was complete?

“I’m wondering how other mums ‘knew’ when their families were complete. We have two beautiful children. My husband says he’s perfectly content as a family of four (we fit our house, our vehicle, our budget), and I honestly felt the same way until our youngest turned two. I now have this yearning for another baby – made worse when I am with friends who have young babies. Will this pass? Everything else in our life feels just right as it is; I am so confused by the strength of my feelings.”

This is a beautiful story.

"In Mongolia, there's an oft-quoted saying that the best wrestlers are breastfed for at least six years - a serious endorsement in a country where wrestling is the national sport."

https://www.naturalchild.org/articles/guest/ruth_kamnitzer.html

📸 Nila Sweeney/CNN

62 years since the first LLLNZ meeting 💚🩵

Hopefully you are all managing to stay safe and dry 🫶

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Remember:
If life or property is threatened, always dial 111 for Police, Fire or Ambulance.

Our friends at LLL Te Awamutu are hosting a Big Latch On event on Saturday.

Everyone is welcome.

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Our BIG Latch On is this Saturday! 👶This year we're encouraging latches at 10am but there isn't an official 'latch count' in 2026 because the event is about bringing people together at any stage of their infant feeding journey and finding connection and support in their communities. 💚 So come along, bring family, friends, and the little one/s, and enjoy each other's company and a yummy morning tea at Fahrenheit. Doors open at 9.30am.