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What do women want healthcare professional to know about the needs of the perinatal mum with mental health challenges?

14 September 2021

I have tried to get this paper published but have failed because I am not associated with a university, have any means of applying for ethics approval or can pay – so sharing it freely in the hope that the voice of the mothers are widely heard.



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What would mothers like their healthcare team to know about IBD and breastfeeding?

10 July 2021

The next and most personal blog about what what mothers want their professionals to know. Thank you to the members of the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/BreastfeedingIBD for their views.

What would mothers like their healthcare team to know about IBD and breastfeeding?

See also:

Inflammatory bowel disease and Breastfeeding

Inflammatory bowel disease and breastfeeding – facebook live

How to advise women on the safe use of medicines while breastfeeding

10 July 2021

This article was published in the Pharmaceutical Journal June 2021 https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/ld/how-to-advise-women-on-the-safe-use-of-medicines-while-breastfeeding but I feel is too important not to be readily available for professionals. It should be part of the what mothers want professionals to know about breastfeeding series. So I have adapted it slightly to be in a pdf format so it can be used more easily

How to advise women on the safe use of medicines while breastfeeding article

If you use this information please do consider buying Breastfeeding and Medication

What do mothers want healthcare professionals to know about nipple/ breast pain during lactation?

28 June 2021

I asked for feedback on this question 12 months ago about pain during breastfeeding and finally time to write it up. Reading it again makes me sad. The pain of breastfeeding for some people cannot be ignored. I hope that this facilitates a discussion amongst professionals who see breastfeeding women. It’s important for mothers, for partners and for babies and time we stopped ignoring it.

This is the data that I extracted

what do mothers want healthcare professionals to know about breast and nipple pain in lactation

Some links that may help everyone

If Breastfeeding Hurts
Thrush (of the breast/nipple) and Breastfeeding
Raynaud’s and Breastfeeding

What do mothers want professionals to know about Breastfeeding and Contraception?

27 June 2021

A few weeks ago I asked on my facebook page for experience of using contraception whilst breastfeeding using a googledoc survey. I had just under 80 responses in 24 hours and here I have tried to analyse the results. Five mothers reported that their supply was affected by the use of contraception. Many more were unhappy with the information that was given before prescription of the contraceptive. Food for thought

Please see https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/contraception/ for information on the contraceptives and https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/ehc/ on emergency hormonal contraception which I wrote for BfN.

Contraception and breastfeeding. What mothers want doctors to know analysis

List of factsheets available on Breastfeeding and Medication

I have for a long time been intending to compile a list of all the factsheets available on Breastfeeding-and-Medication.co.uk. A miserable, wet day has prompted me to get on with it.

So here is the list :

If you search for any word on the title the factsheet page should appear

List of factsheets Breastfeeding and Medication

If you use them a lot maybe you need the books