Parents frustrated with NCT launch ‘guilt-free’ antenatal classes

Anger over natural birth and breastfeeding bias spurs alternative baby clubs

When Lauren Marks-Clee recovered from a bout of postnatal depression brought on by her conflicted feelings about breastfeeding, she was angry that the parenting class she had paid hundreds of pounds to attend had barely mentioned bottle-feeding at all. In fact, she felt it had done little except exacerbate her guilt.

“I spent two hours listening to a woman telling me breast was best when I was pregnant,” she said. “So when I struggled to breastfeed, I felt I’d failed as a mother … I didn’t bond with my son and I think that was partly because I dreaded the feeds and the pain. I dreaded having him passed to me.”

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