Breastival

Join Breastival Coordinator Catherine Muldoon in the sixth Breastival Behind the Scenes Podcast where we chat with Breastival board members and our supporters about their specialist subjects.

Joining us on this episode is Adele Paton. Adele is originally from Donegal, now living in Enniskillen.  She is mum to 3 boys, a peer support mum, a La Leche League Breastfeeding councillor as well as working in Surestart.  In 2013 she started the closed facebook group “Breastfeeding in Northern Ireland”

Find out more about what inspired the creation of BfNI and the magic that happens inside this incredible group!

Join Breastival Coordinator Catherine Muldoon in the sixth Breastival Behind the Scenes Podcast where we chat with Breastival board members and our supporters about their specialist subjects.

Joining us on this episode is Ruth Young. Ruth is a momtrepreneur, a mum of two, who has been working with a low milk supply with both her children and has been a Breastival Volunteer and Speaker for the past 5 years.

Find out more about what it is like to be a volunteer at Breastival and some of the highs of being involved with the festival.

Join Breastival Coordinator Catherine Muldoon in the fourth Breastival Behind the Scenes Podcast where we chat with Breastival board members and our supporters about their specialist subjects.

Joining us on this episode is Mas Project Coorindator Clare Anderson, and project participants Wendy-Nicole McGuinness-Keys and Deirbhile Ligget. Find out more about the Mas Project and the impact the women involved are making on the breastfeeding landscape of Northern Ireland.

Join Breastival Coordinator Catherine Muldoon in the third Breastival Behind the Scenes Podcast where we chat with Breastival board members and our supporters about their specialist subjects.

Joining us on this episode is National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Breastfeeding Counsellor Katy Lynn. We talk about who and what NCT NI is and why having organisations like them are so important when it comes to breastfeeding support in Northern Ireland.

Join Breastival Coordinator Catherine Muldoon in the second of our Breastival Behind the Scenes Podcast where we chat with Breastival board members and our supporters about their specialist subjects.

Joining us on this episode is Board member and Peer Support Mentor Maria McDaid. We talk about what exactly being a peer support volunteer is and how you can get involved.

Join Coordinator Catherine Muldoon as she speaks with Author, Pharmacist and Breastfeeding advocate Dr Wendy Jones about her book "Why Mothers' Medication Matters"

Join Coordinator Catherine Muldoon as she speaks with IBCLC Carol Smyth about her book "Why Infant Reflux Matters" as we launch Baby Grow Book Club

Breastfeeding advocate, actress, political activist and the wife of the current president of Ireland, Sabina Higgins officially opens Breastival 2021 on the 1st of August 2021. Listen to Sabina's passionate speech again.

With an introduction from FutureScreens NI Director Paul Moore, Join DUP Deputy Leader Paula Bradley and World Renowned Author Gabrielle Palmer at the Breastival 2021 Roundtable titled- The NI Politics of Breastfeeding.

Join Bridgeen McManus as she speaks to Breastival Board member Maria McDaid and Baby Grow Coordinator Catherine Muldoon as they chat about the unique award winning festival that supports, normalises and celebrates breastfeeding, about the new "Virtual Community Centre" for parents, Baby Grow, and the challenges that breastfeeding parents face.