LISTEN: Doctors want children to be taught the importance of breastfeeding in school

Aug 01, 2017, 07:18 AM

It's suggested that children should be given lessons to make them more familiar with breastfeeding.

The recommendations from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health are aimed at reversing the low rate of breastfeeding in the UK.

The group says the health benefits of it are "beyond question", they also think working mums should be given breaks so they can express milk.

Jennie Ward from Derby tells Capital she felt nervous breastfeeding her first son: