The Infant Feeding Team provides antenatal and postnatal support for women and birthing parents, in hospital and at home, which includes information on skin-to-skin, getting started with breast/chest feeding, and close and loving relationships with your baby or babies.

Our Infant Feeding Specialist Midwife and International Board of Certified Lactation Consultant provides care for parents and carers with complex feeding situations. They also offer a weekly frenulotomy clinic for babies who have suspected tongue-tie, which is staffed by two trained Midwives and the Lime Green Infant Feeding Team.

The Lime Green Feeding Team Health Care Support Workers offer antenatal and postnatal education and breast/chest feeding support in the community and in the hospital.

Sherwood has had UNICEF Baby Friendly Accreditation since 2014 and the Maternity department achieved Level 3 re-accreditation in 2019. The Neonatal Team achieved Level 3 accreditation in 2024.

The Trust is also the first in the NHS to have a breast/chest feeding pod for staff and visitors and has a trust-wide policy for staff who are breast/chest feeding upon return to work.