La Leche League Southampton & Fair Oak

08/10/2026

Beautiful autumn Sunshine streaming through the windows Make&Brew for our Monthly cafe meet.

07/10/2026

Our volunteer Leaders are fundraising to help one of us attend a 1½-day LLLGB National Workshop in Sheffield this autumn.
We're raising money to cover workshop tickets, travel and accommodation. This training helps us keep our knowledge and skills up to date so we can offer the best possible support to families.
If you're able to donate, no matter how small, we'd be so grateful.
Thank you so much.
https://www.zeffy.com/en-GB/peer-to-peer/support-lll-southampton

07/10/2026

As a new LLL Leader back in 2019 Chloe was a huge encouragement when I met her. She took absolute joy meeting my send toddler who was a wriggling giggle monster in the cafe.

As we meet this Thursday in Make&Brew I will be thinking of Chole and her incredible contribution to the Midwifery and breastfeeding world and ready to support families on their journeys.
Verity LLL Leader

We are very sad to hear of the death of Chloe Fisher MBE (1932–2026), a pioneering midwife, breastfeeding specialist and long-standing professional adviser to La Leche League GB.

Chloe’s work helped shape breastfeeding support across the world.

Qualifying as a midwife in 1956 – the same year LLL was founded – she helped establish the Oxford Human Milk Bank in 1974, and set up a pioneering Breastfeeding Clinic. Over a long career she challenged poor practice, traced the origins of misinformation, taught generations of midwives and breastfeeding supporters, contributed to research and publications, and lectured across the UK and internationally.

Chloe also advised La Leche League, the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers and the International Lactation Consultants Association, and was involved in breastfeeding education and policy work nationally and internationally. She was made Vice President of the Royal College of Midwives in 1991 and awarded an MBE in 1996 for services to infant care.

Chloe’s influence can still be felt in the way breastfeeding is understood and supported today. We remember her with deep gratitude and affection, and send our love and condolences to all who knew and worked with her.

07/10/2026

Its 2nd Thursday of the month this week so its Cafe meet at Make&Brew. Want to try -breastfeeding out and about
- your fully in your stride and want to tell some newer Mums how you gained your confidence.
- back at work but got a free morning and want to tell us how its going.
- thinking about weaning and want to talk ?

05/10/2026

01/10/2026

What to expect at a meeting.
https://laleche.org.uk/group-meetings/

In Shirley you enter ethier through
☕️Make&Brew cafe
@ ⛪️St. James Road Methodist Church or through the back entrance from the car park 🚗.

Your find us in Room 3 at the back of the cafe.

Need a supporter or family member to bring you, thats ok.
Need to bring an older child thats ok to.
Come in your PJs or a ballgown💃 as long as your comfortable we dont care.
We are hear to support you on your Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding/Expressing journey, what ever it looks like.

25/09/2026

Have you been supported by us in person, online or accessed info on our website?
Did you know LLLGB is a Charity?

The knowledge, information and support we give is free of charge, but reaching the families we support costs us money.

If you are in a position to do so, please consider supporting LLLGB with a donation or by becoming a member. Every gift, however small, helps keep breastfeeding information and support flowing.

It helps to fund room hire,advertising,training and updating knowledge for our trained leaders (breastfeeding counsellor volunteers.)

We love supporting you, thank you for supporting us ❤️LLL Southampton is a local branch of La Leche League Great Britain (LLLGB), a charity offering…

24/09/2026

We welcomed Mothers from Pregnancy to those nursing toddlers at today's meeting.
One of the things we discussed was breastfeeding after a c section.

Breastfeeding after caesarean birth

23/09/2026

If you can't make a face 2face meeting drop in online instead.

A reminder of our LLLGB online meetings still to come in September!

Looking for online breastfeeding support? Why not join one of online group meetings?

Join our trained breastfeeding counsellors for compassionate group support, reliable information and connection with others. Online meetings, like in-person meetings, are for you if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or making milk.

We want to create a safe, welcoming space where you can share as much or as little as you wish. We hope you’ll leave feeling supported, encouraged, and more confident.

Find out more here: laleche.org.uk/get-support-online-meetings/

And sign up for a meeting here: https://forms.gle/hBXcBVS7CrCztH3eA

If you have any questions please email the team at [email protected]