But as her due date approached, a familiar feeling of dread emerged. In her antenatal class WhatsApp group – once a space where pictures of their growing bumps and tips on how to get labour started were shared – babies started arriving and so did conversations about feeding. Suddenly, diet and weight loss entered the chat. Out of the group of six mums, three decided not to breastfeed or gave up early to either crash diet or go on weight-loss jabs – both of which are advised against during breastfeeding due to their impact on both milk quality and supply. Lydia was committed to breastfeeding, though, so tried not to let it faze her – and was relieved when, despite her son being very poorly when he was born and ending up in the neonatal intensive care unit, they were able to do it.