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The Golden Hours

February 7, 2021Leave a Comment on The Golden Hourscaoimhe

If you’re currently pregnant and reading this, you will probably have heard some mention of the ‘first hour’ after birth and the term ‘skin-to-skin’. Standard practice in most Irish maternity hospitals, is to place a baby in skin-to-skin contact on …

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The Need for Women-centered Breastfeeding Support & Education

December 1, 2020Leave a Comment on The Need for Women-centered Breastfeeding Support & Educationcaoimhe

Sometimes in Ireland we just knock it out of the park – the plastic bag levy, the smoking ban, the referendum on gay marriage. In these instances we combined forward thinking, a willingness to take a leap, optimism and belief …

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A Mother’s Account of Breastfeeding with IGT

September 27, 2020Leave a Comment on A Mother’s Account of Breastfeeding with IGTcaoimhe

Coming to terms with having low milk supply and accepting that supplementation is going to have to be part of your breastfeeding journey can often be very difficult for women to come to terms with. One of my clients wrote …

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Is it Thrush or Subclinical Mastitis?

August 12, 2020Leave a Comment on Is it Thrush or Subclinical Mastitis?caoimhe

Subclinical or subacute mastitis should be included in a differential diagnosis* of nipple thrush. The presenting symptoms for both of these conditions are similar, but there are a couple of distinct differences: Thrush will generally always be bilateral, while subclinical …

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The Online Breastfeeding Consult – My Experience

April 25, 20202 Comments on The Online Breastfeeding Consult – My Experiencecaoimhe

I just want to make one thing clear before I start writing this blog. I am writing here about my experience as an IBCLC in private practice of doing online breastfeeding consultations. I’m not starting a debate on the merits …

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