Breastfeeding Group Statistics

 

Our breastfeeding group started on 27th May 2011, and we've run it weekly in the children's library in Ulverston Library since then. Here are some of our statistics. The group is small but growing.

People

	By 6 month	period	since	group started
	1st	2nd	3rd
Total number of visits to the group	34	76	73	parents/parents-to-be
Total number of individuals attending the group	13	22	27	parents/parents-to-be
Of which total parents-to-be	4	6	3	parents-to-be
Most visits by one individual	8	19	10	visits
Average number of visits	2.5	3.5	2.5	visits
Average number of visits for women making more than one visit	3.5	5	3.5	visits

Books

We have a growing collection of books that we can lend out to people attending the group.

	In group's 1st 6 months	In group's 2nd 6 months	In groups 3rd 6 months
Total book and pamphlet loans	15	28	32

Overall most popular books (from most to least popular, excluding anything only borrowed once)

	Title	Author	Number of times borrowed
1	The Food of Love: Your Formula for Successful Breastfeeding	Kate Evans	11
2	Sleeping with your baby: A parents guide to co-sleeping	James McKenna	8
3	Baby-Led Weaning: Helping Your Baby Love Good Food	Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett	7
4	Simply Give Birth: A Collection of Stories	Heather Cushman-Dowdee (and friends)	4
5	Diaper-Free Baby: The Natural Toilet Training Alternative	Christine Gross-Loh	3
5	Adventures in Tandem Nursing	Hilary Flower	3
5	What Mothers Do (Especially when it looks like nothing)	Naomi Stadlen	3
5	Hold Your Premie: A workbook on skin-to-skin contact for parents of premature babies	Jill Bergman	3
6	Birth and Breastfeeding	Michel Odent	2
6	An Introduction to Biological Nurturing: New Angles on Breastfeeding	Suzanne Colson	2
6	Unassisted Childbirth	Laura Kaplan Shanley	2
6	Mama is...	Heather Cushman-Dowdee	2
6	Kiss me! How to raise your children with love	Carlos Gonzalez	2