Why Immediate Skin-to-Skin After Caesarean Births Still Isn’t Routine (And Why That Needs to Change) What if I told you one of the simplest, safest, most powerful things you can do for your baby after birth… still isn’t routine in many hospitals? Even with decades of...
Why I Became a BFHI Assessor When it comes to breastfeeding, the right support can make all the difference. Over the years, I’ve seen how often new mums face challenges not because they lack determination, but because the system lets them down. That’s why I’m so...
We have known for a long time that skin-to-skin has many benefits for babies and breastfeeding. And I think we have gotten pretty good at understanding how important skin-to-skin is immediately after birth because it really helps babies regulate and adapt to being...
Have you seen the article floating around Facebook about the couple who were charged around AU$40 for skin-to-skin after c/section? I know most people were horrified that this couple got charged for this, and we could discuss the ethics at length, but a couple of...
Skin to skin was never a “Fad” Nine years ago, I felt compelled to respond to an article in The West Australian titled “Fad Blamed for Deaths of Babies.” In it, Dr Michael Gannon made the astonishing claim that there was a “new obsession amongst mothers...
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