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Raynaud’s and Breastfeeding
Raynaud’s phenomenon affects up to 10% of otherwise healthy women aged 21-50 years of age. It is 9 times more common in women than men. Yet many doctors are unaware that Raynaud’s can affect breastfeeding. It produces deep pain after feeds with a mother often automatically covering her nipples or massaging them to restore the […]
Breastfeeding for Dads and Grandmas
This is a blog which I wrote for the new Human milk page Tailor made for Tiny Humans http://human-milk.com/ Wendy Jones Blog – Breastfeeding for Dads and Grandmas I’ve just spent the Christmas holidays with my daughters, their partners and 3 grandchildren, two of whom are still being breastfed (21 months and 6 months). Having […]
Breastfeeding and Chronic Medical Conditions
Today is my birthday but I decided I wanted to share my day with the wider world so I have decreased the price of Breastfeeding and Chronic Medical Conditions. The paperpack is now £9.99 instead of £14.99 and the kindle reduced to £4.99 from £9.99 . I hope that it answers many of the questions […]
Wendy Jones MBE
That new title is going to take a lot of getting used to! I am very proud and delighted to have been nominated for an MBE for services to mothers and babies as a founder of the Breastfeeding Network Drugs in Breastmilk Service. I never thought this would happen to me following a path which […]
Change the conversation about medicines and breastfeeding
I spend on average 4 full hours across every day providing info to mums told they HAVE to stop breastfeeding to take medicines. Do more people know about the drugs in breastmilk service or are professionals less willing to take risks so stopping breastfeeding seen as best option? How can we change the conversation ? […]
Public Health England Study and Medication during Breastfeeding
71% of 500 women who responded to a PHE study, think breastfeeding will limit the medication which can be taken! So lots of work for me still to do then. Could professionals buy a copy of Breastfeeding and Medication to reassure women? Statements like this on the NHS site arent going to help – more […]
Breastfeeding and Medication
If you see breastfeeding mothers who need medication maybe you need to buy this book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breastfeeding-Medication-Wendy-Jones/dp/0415641063/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489435817&sr=8-1&keywords=breastfeeding+and+medication
Training for Pharmacists
harmacists can access evidence based training for free rather than read material which is non evidence based and developed by the formula industry https://www.academia.edu/26421451/The_pharmaceutical_care_of_breastfeeding_mothers?auto=download Pharmacists can be as guilty as doctors in being influenced by the companies and inadvertently pass on negative messages about breastfeeding as described in this article Education and training of […]
Blog – Breastfeeding for Dads and Grandmas
Blog Breastfeeding for Dads and Grandmas
Blog – why mothers medication matters
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