I will be on holiday for 2 weeks from 15th September to 30th September 2021.
From the 30th September I will be back, willing and able to attend lactation consult home visits in the Perth region. I will also be available for virtual consults for country or interstate breastfeeding families having difficulties.
Hand Expression – Newborn Nursery at LPCH – Stanford University School of Medicine. This is a great site for all new parents, it has photos of all sorts of conditions and I feel all their information is very trustworthy. I picked out the link to this video for those out there struggling with low milk…
This a very common concerns for new mums. Some facts and tips about your milk supply: Your baby is fussy and does not settle after feeds, crying more than you expect At about 3 weeks of age many babies have unexplained unsettled periods during some part of the day. Holding them through this time…
iLactation. Registration is now open for this great online conference. There are some great speakers on many varied topics regarding breastfeeding. Tired of hearing the same old speakers, here is your chance to hear and see a whole new batch of great speakers and topics.
Thinking of all the new families out there that don’t have their family around them. You could be isolated from your family because of the COVID restrictions, maybe you are a refugee having had to flee from you home country or perhaps you are an immigrate (like my grandmother in the photo). Having a new…
We are in Kununurra now. I have a couple of days orientation in town before I catch the flying doctor plane on Wednesday to the Warmun community. This will be the first visit to one of the 2 communities where I am the Maternal and Child Health nurse for the next 6 months. The…
Milk Profile We lend BabyWeigh scales to mothers who would like to measure their milk profile by weighing their baby before and after each breastfeed or expression from each breast for a period of 24-26 hours, at home, and collecting a small (<1 mL) milk sample each time their baby is weighed. From these data…