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Infant Feeding

Support

Congratulations on your new baby. Choosing how to feed your baby, whether breast, formula, or a mixture of both, is one of the biggest decisions you will make as a parent.

Your Health visiting team can guide you on your feeding choices with support as needed. Information on this website can be translated into various languages, made into larger print, or information read aloud to you. Please find further information on how to access the reachdeck system.

We understand that information can be difficult to find and to help you to access reliable information easily so we have put together a number of articles relating to infant feeding.

Additionally UNICEF UK have breastfeeding in a foreign language resources and bottle feeding in a foreign information available on their website.

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust runs a confidential secure text messaging service for parents of children aged 0-5 years called ChatHealth. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm, excluding bank holidays. All texts will be responded to by a health visitor within 24 hours. Outside of the service working hours, you’ll receive a message back to inform you that your text will be responded to once the service reopens.

ChatHealth messaging service:
text
07480 635164
Family Centre Service (Health Visiting and Family Support):
phone
0300 123 7572

Should you require urgent health advice in the meantime, please contact your GP, visit an NHS walk-in centre or call NHS 111. For emergencies, dial 999 or visit A&E.

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