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7 of the best gastropubs around Ireland

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WIN a luxurious 2-night stay at Fota Island Resort
WIN a luxurious 2-night stay at Fota Island Resort

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Cocktail Club: For something out of the ordinary, try this green tea infused tipple
Cocktail Club: For something out of the ordinary, try this green tea infused tipple

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Real Weddings: Sarah and Karl’s festive celebrations in Co Wicklow

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Lisa O’Connor talks art, activism, and the magic that happens when the two collide

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Friends as family: How the company we keep can change our lives

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Poppy O’Toole (aka Poppy Cooks) shares her life in food

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The IMAGE Weddings 2025 Ultimate Venue Guide is out now!

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‘Being able to breastfeed felt like a compensation for his C-section delivery’


by Rosemary MacCabe
03rd Aug 2022

Rosemary’s breastfeeding ‘journey’ starts off well and feels, in a way, like a compensation for having a C-section delivery. Mastitis follows and not-so-helpful comments that stress is one of the biggest barriers to milk production

My breastfeeding “journey”, as it is so often referred to on social media – not by me, I should say, although I am guilty of sharing the occasional selfie with boobing baby just making it into the lower right corner – goes well from the jump. I am, in that regard, exceptionally lucky. From the day after Atlas is born, I am producing colostrum rather successfully, according to the lactation consultants at the hospital. They...

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