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Who we are
Our Cherubs infant feeding team provide support to breastfeeding mums and their babies throughout Cheshire East.
Our team offers antenatal support and information as soon as mum and baby are discharged from hospital. Support is accessible right throughout the breastfeeding journey.
Types of support include:
- local breastfeeding groups
- one-to-one
- telephone helpline
- closed Facebook group @CherubsofCheshire
What we do
Across Cheshire East there are nine friendly and welcoming breastfeeding support groups which provide help with feeding issues, as well as two specialist lactation clinics, which also offer support to resolve any breastfeeding problems.
Clinic sessions and home visits are also available in:
- Alderley Edge
- Alsager
- Congleton
- Crewe
- Holmes Chapel
- Knutsford
- Nantwich
- Macclesfield
- Middlewich
- Poynton
- Sandbach
- Wilmslow
Breastfeeding support is structured around:
- positioning and attachment
- expressing
- resolving problems such as blocked ducts, mastitis and thrush
Specialist support is also offered for:
- preterm babies
- twins
- mum or baby with additional medical problems
- feeding problems related to tongue tie
How to access the service
Your midwife or health visitor can refer you into the service, or you can self-refer by contacting us on 0300 123 4579
You can also drop in to any of the breastfeeding support groups or lactation clinics.
Contact
0300 123 4579 (Mon to Friday, 9.00am – 5.00pm)
Occasionally, our team may be unable to take your call, so please leave a voicemail – one of the team will return your call.
wcnt.cherubsbreastfeeding@nhs.net
Cherubs of Cheshire – closed support group
Breastfeeding support groups – dates, times and locations
Every Monday
9.30am – 11.00am (term-time only)
Holmes Chapel Methodist Chapel
10.00am – 11.30am
Ashfields Primary Care Centre, Middlewich Road, Sandbach CW11 1EQ
1.00pm – 2.30pm
Broken Cross Children’s Centre, Parkett Heyes Rd, Macclesfield SK11 8UD
Every Tuesday
10.15 am – 12.00pm
Two Doors Studio (room above shop) 100 Crewe Road, Alsager, Stoke-On-Trent ST7 2JA
11.30am – 1.00pm
Congleton Children’s Centre, New Street, Congleton CW12 3AH
Every Wednesday
10.30am – 12.00pm
Monks Coppenhall Children’s Centre, Remer Street, Crewe CW1 4LY
Every Thursday
1.00pm – 2.30pm
Nantwich Children’s Centre, Dog Lane, Nantwich CW5 5GX
Every Friday
10.00am -11.30am
Oakenclough Children’s Centre, Colshaw Drive, Wilmslow SK9 2PZ
11.00am – 12.30pm
Knutsford Children’s Centre, Colshaw Drive, Wilmslow SK9 2PZ
Lactation clinics
Every Monday
9:30 – 12.30am
Clinic room, Eagle Bridge, Dunwoody Way, Crewe CW1 3AW
Every Wednesday
9.30 – 12.30pm
Hurdsfield Children’s Centre, Hulley Road, Macclesfield SK10 2LW
Useful links and resources
Local leaflets
- Safer Sleep (0-3 month)
- Safer Sleep (3-6 months)
- Safer Sleep (6-12 months)
- Safer Sleep (1-2 years)
- Safer Sleep (2-3 years)
- Safer Sleep (3-5 years)
National support is available from
- National Breastfeeding Helpline – 0300 100 0212
- Association of Breastfeeding Mothers – 0300 330 5453
- La Leche League – 0345 120 2918
- National Childbirth Trust (NCT) – 0300 330 0700
Links
- Basis – baby sleep info source
- Breastfeeding companion
- Breastfeeding network
- Breast Start app
- First Steps Nutrition Trust
- Kelly Mom breastfeeding
- Lullaby Trust
- North West Human Milk Bank
- Stanford Medicine – newborn nursery
- Unicef
- NHS
Videos
- Breastfeeding attachment
- Cherubs Breastfeeding – hand expression
- Cherubs Breastfeeding – laid back feeding and cradle hold
- Cheurbs Breastfeeding – nipple shield tutorial
- Cherubs Breastfeeding – paced bottle feeding
- Cherubs Breastfeeding – positioning and attachment and breast compressions
- Paced bottle feeding for the breastfed baby
Cherubs is part of Cheshire East’s 0-19 Health and Wellbeing Service.
