Hello everyone! We're absolutely delighted that we have Petra Boynton here to help us think about our research. Hello Petra, and welcome to our Breastfeeding & Health Care Experiences -Parenting Science Gang! Petra: Hello everyone! Thanks for asking me along tonight.…
Over one hundred mothers gathered yesterday at Imperial College, London to donate breast milk to the first research study analysing how the composition of breast milk changes as children get older. The experiment, probably a world record for the number of mothers…
The GP Infant Feeding Network (GPIFN) is a network of trained individuals, including General Practitioners, who have volunteered their time to work on quality improvement in the field of Infant Feeding. We were lucky to have several GPIFN volunteers join…
We’re really excited to introduce our new Parenting Science Gang in collaboration with the Mealtime Hostage Facebook group. Mealtime Hostage provides support for parents of children who struggle with eating, defined as limited food acceptance. For these children, the statement…
We spent a fascinating hour talking to Prof Gina Rippon about what neuroscience tells us about sex and gender. Image: Patrick Hales, UCL (CC by 4.0) Hello everyone. I am Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre,…
We were really pleased to talk to Amber Marshall from BigBirthas.co.uk this week. Amber's website provides information and support to mums and mums-to-be with a higher BMI. Image: operabug (CC BY-NC 2.0) PSG: Thanks so much for joining us Amber. Can…
by Amber Marshall of Big Birthas Are you a plus-size Mum or Mum-to-be? Trying to get pregnant, perhaps? Looking for information specific to your circumstances, and struggling to find it? There's a lot of research out there, but not a…
This February, something out of the ordinary is going to happen in West London. Over a hundred breastfeeding mothers will get together to donate breastmilk for an experiment they instigated and designed themselves, through citizen science project Parenting Science Gang (PSG) and…