Breastfeeding and medications
Can you breastfeed while taking ibuprofen? What about pseudoephedrine? Or even chemotherapy? The published advice on medications and breastfeeding isn’t always clear, so who do you turn to for advice?...
1 Apr 202456min
Milk banking with Gillian Weaver MBE
For those parents with babies in special care, or those wanting to maintain feeding with human milk while going through their own medical treatment, milk banks are a crucial service. Over the last few...
26 Mar 20241h 11min
Breastfeeding with Down Syndrome
There are many outdated perceptions and myths around Down syndrome, one being that ‘babies with Down syndrome can’t breastfeed.’ March 21st is World Down Syndrome day and this year’s theme is #EndTheS...
19 Mar 202445min
The Fourth Trimester
Today’s episode is a wide ranging discussion about all the things you can expect from the fourth trimester, those first few months with your new baby. I’m joined by Lucy Webber IBCLC, a former midw...
12 Mar 20241h 14min
Breast health with Dr Justice Reilly
If you are breastfeeding, your breasts are going to be central to your success! Changes in breast health, from nipple damage and infection to breast cancer, can impact heavily your breastfeeding journ...
5 Mar 20241h 15min
The Great Pretenders
Who are the ‘Great Pretenders’? These are babies born between 34 and 38 plus 6 weeks. They might be multiples, pre-term babies, late pre-term babies or early term babies. Lactation Consultant Kathryn...
27 Feb 202458min
Rhea's story
Weaning a two year old booby monster while pregnant with your second child is a challenge! Rhea has breastfed her daughter Ilaria responsively for two years and they’ve found the weaning process tric...
22 Feb 20241h 2min
Q&A on weaning
My new book, ‘Supporting the Transition from Breastfeeding: a Guide to Weaning for Professionals, Supporters and Parents’, is out today! To celebrate, in this episode I’ll be answering more of your w...
21 Feb 20241h 12min
