Infant Feeding Team (Cherubs, Cheshire East)

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 breastfeeding support groups which provide help with feeding issues as well as 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 

Contact 

• Telephone: 0300 123 4058
• Email: wchc.cehub@nhs.net

Facebook 

Cherubs of Cheshire – closed support group

@CherubsofCheshire

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
• 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