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24.01.2022 Im creating a new website! If any of the beautiful families have any photos they would be willing to share for my site I would be thrilled. Im looking for pregnancy shots, newborns shots, breastfeeding, skin to skin shots etc. please email me [email protected] or direct message me 0414886455 Thanks
24.01.2022 Breastfeeding protects baby when they are sick, and when their family is sick - please share this information with those who may need it. Our resources are being updated frequently. Links to our statement on Continuing to Nurse Your Baby Through Coronavirus (2019-nCoV; COVID-19) and Other Respiratory Infections, in 14 languages plus updates, infographics and other resources here - https://www.llli.org/coronavirus-resources... There is a growing body of research showing babies benefit from multiple and diverse immunologic proteins, including antibodies, provided in human milk, particularly through direct breastfeeding. Those who become infected shortly before giving birth and then begin breastfeeding, and those who become infected while breastfeeding, will produce specific secretory IgA antibodies and many other critical immune factors in their milk to protect their nursing infants and enhance their infants own immune responses. At this time, these immunologic factors will aid their infants bodies to respond more effectively to exposure and infection. Following good hygiene practices will also help reduce transfer of the virus. If someone who is breastfeeding becomes ill, it is important not to interrupt direct breastfeeding. The baby has already been exposed to the virus by the mother and/or family and will benefit most from continued direct breastfeeding. In an extreme circumstance, if an interruption of breastfeeding is deemed medically necessary, hand expressing or pumping the milk is encouraged. In such cases, the expressed milk, which contains multiple immune factors, may be fed to the baby to help prevent the baby from getting the infection or to help reduce the severity and duration of an infection if the baby does get sick.
21.01.2022 Hi Danielle here. I will continue to visit women in their homes, using precautions and screening. Hospitals are encouraging mums to leave quite quickly after birth at this time. This leaves very little time for education and assistance with learning how to care for baby and breastfeeding. I would like to offer a free baby-101 session/the 4th trimester session in conjunction with every lactation consultation booked. If women prefer I can also do zoom consults. www.completemidwifery.com
20.01.2022 Hi Im Danielle. My Next group classes are Sunday 9th and 16th Februar 2020. Held in Bentleigh/East Brighton. I hope to welcome you to the world of positive birth!
19.01.2022 NEXT CLASSES: DECEMBER 8th and 15TH FEBRUARY 9TH AND 15TH Please contact me on 0414886455 or [email protected]
19.01.2022 Next group class December 8th and 15th. Places limited. Please contact me [email protected] or 0414886455 Delicious home cooked lunch and afternoon tea included. Because Danielle is also a midwife health fund rebates are available! Come and be empowered and informed for your birth!
18.01.2022 IS YOUR HYPNOBIRTHING TEACHER A MIDWIFE? Only midwives can provide a healthcare rebate!
14.01.2022 Parents and babies are meant to be together and to feel loss when they are apart. This is normal and it indicates a healthy, safe, trusting relationship.
14.01.2022 Under stage 4 restrictions, as both a registered midwife and lactation consultant, I am still able to provide the service of a home visit. Please contact me on 0414886455. Danielle
13.01.2022 Im thinking of a name change for my business. Im not sure Complete Midwifery really describes what I do. Any opinions?
12.01.2022 The Nestlé baby formula scandal that rocked the 1970s.
11.01.2022 I will be unavailable for appointments as of 30 June to 14 July 2020. I apologise for any inconvenience caused.
11.01.2022 As the COVID epidemic continues, so many families are in need for breastfeeding expertise and new baby tips. I am still working and doing home visits throughout this crisis after full screening. Its such a hard time for new families. Keep up the amazing work
11.01.2022 I will be continuing to do home visits to as many new families as I can after screening. Because community centres and breastfeeding clinics are not being held at the current time, I am trying to help as many new mums and dads as possible. To protect all families gown, gloves and mask are worn and temperatures of both Mum, dad and baby are taken prior to the consultation taking place. Please. If you would like a visit, advise if you have had a cough, cold or temperature in the past 14 days, or have been overseas in the past 30 days. Lets protect everyone in the community!
10.01.2022 Im changing my business name! Stay tuned for our new name!Im changing my business name! Stay tuned for our new name!
10.01.2022 Its international IBCLC day! An IBCLC is a professional who has done further training to become a lactation consultant. Did you know, when it comes to breast...feeding help, information and support, an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) is the gold standard of qualifications? To Qualify, an IBCLC needs: 1000 documented hrs experience helping women breastfeed; 500 hrs lactation education; a medical background or 14 university level health science qualifications; to pass a 4 hour international exam; 75 CERPS or exam to requalify every 5 years. Have you had help and support from an IBCLC? Tag and thank her today International IBCLC Day .
09.01.2022 URGENT: Donations for the Human Milk Emergency Reserve.. Please see our website on how to donate.. www.mothersmilkbank.com.au Mothers Milk Bank Charity urgently... calls for donations to establish a human milk emergency reserve. This reserve is of particular relevance for vulnerable communities, where the feeding of infant formula in the presence of pathogen exposure leads to a 5-6 times higher mortality in infants under 2 months (Lancet 2008, see below). This figure is close to that seen following the 2009 swine flu pandemic when Indigenous Australians, made up 11% of all identified cases and had a six-fold death rate compared with non-Indigenous Australians[across all age groups]and recently drawn attention to by Dawn Casey, the deputy CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. There is currently no provision for infants in the community. NSW Health [as is the case in all other states] is focussed on providing pasteurised donor human milk to vulnerable premature babies, those born less than 32 weeks gestational age or of a very low birth weight (i.e. <1500 grams). The human milk emergency reserve gives food security to newborn infants in need of breastmilk. The stock needs to be accrued BEFORE the emergency. @mothersmilkbank_australia For more information or donation process please see our website www.mothersmilkbank.com.au
09.01.2022 Im hoping to meet and share the 18 years of knowledge I have with you at classes. My aim is that you leave the sessions feeling empowered and excited to birth and greet your baby x
08.01.2022 I look forward to sharing the 18 years of experience I have with you. My aim is to ensure you leave feeling excited and empowered to birth and greet your baby. Because I am a midwife I am able to provide rebates to those with private health care.
07.01.2022 Hold your babies, people!! Preferably #standing up, as far as the child is concerned... and much to the dismay of tired parents around the world who are exasper...ated at an infants insistence at holding them standing. A study by Esposito et al. (2013), published in the Journal of Current Biology, demonstrated for the first time that the #infant calming response to parents holding them is a coordinated set of central, motor, and cardiac regulations and is a conserved component of parent-infant interactions in mammals. Using electrocardiograms (ECG) to monitor twelve healthy human infants heartbeats, along with their behaviour and vocalisations, they recorded mother-infant pairs during behavioural tasks that consisted of the child lying in a crib, being held by the mother who was sitting on a chair (#holding), or being held by the mother who was walking continuously (#carrying). The researchers found a sustained elevation of heart interbeat intervals due to carrying in awake infants could not be explained by any known cardiac vagal reflex, including the orienting reflex (brief period of heart rate deceleration by mild sensory stimulus), suggesting that carrying evokes a sustained heart rate reduction in concert with the rapid behavioural changes in human infants via a novel mechanism. The researchers furthermore found that in mouse pups, carrying induced calming responses similar to those in human infants, even though maternal carrying methods differed. This draws parallels between the carrying-induced #calm state evoked in human babies and other mammalian young such as cats or squirrels who adopt a still, compact posture with their hind legs drawn up when maternally carried. The reduced mobility, reduced distress vocalisations, and reduced heart rate appears to be adaptive. The calming responses evoked by carrying are thought to be an evolutionary measure to increase the survival probability of the infant in cases of emergency escape by the mother and child, and so ultimately works to strengthen the mother-infant relationship. There is adaptive value in this behaviour in carer-infant relationships and, as a consequence, infant survival. The study found that the effects of carrying on the infants parasympathetic nervous system were significant, and it provides a scientific understanding of this physiological infant response that could be beneficial for parents and early childhood educators to understand. Considering the physiological response of the infant when being carried may lead to greater parent and carer patience, reduced frustration and an increased appreciation of age-old parenting techniques such as #babywearing and #responsive parenting. https://www.cell.com/current-biology//S0960-9822(13)00343-6 #neurochild #childdevelopment #earlychildhood #attachment #fightflightfreeze
07.01.2022 The next Hypnobirthing Australia classes are Sunday October 20th and 27th. Book now www.completemidwifery.com to gain the tools you need to birth YOUR way.
04.01.2022 Next group classes! April 17th, 24th and 1st of May. 6-9pm in Edithvale. Please contact me [email protected] or 0414886455Next group classes! April 17th, 24th and 1st of May. 6-9pm in Edithvale. Please contact me [email protected] or 0414886455
02.01.2022 With the rapidly evolving fears surrounding Covid-19, I have put into place precautions to protect my clients. 1. I will continue to support women in their homes with lactation support. 2. All baby-101, pre-birth breastfeeding and hypnobirthing classes will be either online or one to one with each family. 3. Universal precautions will be utilised with all lactation clients as per guidelines. 4. In order to protect all families I will be asking whether anyone in the family ...has any signs and symptoms or has had contact with anyone with Covid-19 prior to visits. If anyone has breast milk that they wish to donate and want it to go directly to a family, I will keep a list of clients that may need to use formula and cannot get what they need. Please contact me [email protected] Stay safe everyone! Danielle x
02.01.2022 Your guide to breastfeeding safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
02.01.2022 Hi its Danielle. My Lactation consultancy has been really busy this month! Lots of beautiful new and older babies with such rewarding outcomes. Remember - I always make sure that I see women who need one to one help in their home within 24 hours or sooner. Please call or text me on 0414886455. Email [email protected]
01.01.2022 MY TOP TIPS FOR CHOOSING THE RIGHT LACTATION CONSULTANT - ALWAYS ask if your breastfeeding expert is exactly that - an expert. - Ensure that your consultant is a registered IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant). This is the GOLD standard for advice and help. A breastfeeding specialist can sometimes be a fancy term for someone who has not gained this gold standard. Dont be fooled! - Talk/text/email your consultant to ensure that your needs will be met. ...Are follow up phone calls, questions and concerns included in the price you pay? Or will you have to pay extra? - Do you click with your consultant and feel like you are being heard and your concerns taken seriously? You pay good money for help and you are entitled to a professional service that leaves you feeling empowered. - Make sure you get a plan from your consultant so that you have a clear understanding of the direction you are heading for. - write down any questions you have so you can address them during your consultation. Sometimes all of the emotions come flooding in when you feel someone gets you and you may forget much of what you wanted to ask! See more
