A mums meet-up group is expecting hundreds of people to take part in an annual breastfeeding event in the heart of the city this summer to break the taboo of breastfeeding in public.
They hope to break their own record of 127 latches which they set in 2019.
Breastfeeding Mum Meets is a Norwich based charity whose mission is to support local families by providing some peer support and signpost families to free services as and when required.
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They also aim to normalise breastfeeding through regular meet ups around Norfolk.
Aurélie Geldof-Eke is a co-chairwoman and a fundraising coordinator at the charity.
The 40-year-old said: “I joined as a Norwich host in 2019, my daughter was around 10 months old, and I had felt quite isolated during my maternity leave.
“Especially as I did not get to attend ante-natal groups due to my daughter being born nine weeks early.
“Joining the charity meant meeting like-minded people, giving back to my community and above all, doing my bit to normalise breastfeeding in public.”
People who attend the meetups like that they help to break the taboos around breastfeeding as well as the isolation the comes with it.
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Aurélie said: “We get a chance to bond over our desire to use our bodies the way nature intended us to.”
And to celebrate this the charity holds an annual event that allows all breastfeeding mothers to be proud and latch on together.
The Norfolk latch on is a free family event which supports city businesses and other charities and is a big celebration of breast feeding.
It takes place Sunday August 6 in Chapelfield Gardens from 10am to 2pm and will have stalls, games, yoga, face painting and much more, as well as a group latch on which usually includes hundreds of people breastfeeding at the same time.
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