We at Unna met the team at The Way We Play and talked about the foundation of our business idea, where we are now with our company building and about dreams and goals for the future. Also about challenges and successes, and of course about the stigma we want to help break down.
“Everyone who wants to breastfeed should be supported. However, we also think it is a shame and wrong if breastfeeding is driven by fear of the alternative, or if ‘giving up’ breastfeeding is associated with guilt or shame. Then something has been distorted. In this case, the mother’s well-being must be given more attention.“
Read the full interview here. Thanks to The Way We Play and Mira Wickman for the great photos.
The struggle to breastfeed, the shock of tiredness, and the revenge with the second child. “If by sharing my journey and my choices, I can perhaps empower or help others who are currently in a similar situation, then I am happy.”
Fatma is a mother of three who changed careers – from a cancer researcher to building companies around her hobby of sewing dolls. We talk about how children and parental leave made her reassess her life, and how she experienced the baby stage.
WHO rekommenderar uteslutande amning under de första 6 månaderna. UNNA stödjer detta till fullo liksom fortsatt amning tillsammans med introduktion av en varierad kost enligt råd från barnhälsovården.
The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months. UNNA fully supports this as well as continued breastfeeding along with the introduction of a varied diet as advised by child health services.
