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Monday, October 19, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Very Rewarding
This week has been really rewarding so far. We had our normal weekly meeting yesterday Monday. A few of the usual members weren't able to turn up and it didn't seem as though the topic that we were suppose to be disscussing would happen. We decided that until next year we may just have a chat and if we had new mums turn up then we would bring up a topic.
Well as it turned out it was actually a wonderful learning experience. Its amazing how empowered you feel when you learn something new. Firstly one of the mothers who has only come one other time was able to come which was exciting that she came back. Then about half way through the meeting Yo our lactation consultant was able to come to the meeting. She has been very busy of late and also having a baby herself who tends to have his sleep around our meeting time has made it hard for her to come along. So it was great to catch up. I had some really exciting ideas I wanted to get her opinion on. A new mother came along and we were able to help her we were able to comfort her after she was going through a really emotional time with getting wrong advice from a doctor. It pays to get a second opinion and even check with your chemist with medication that you can take whilst breastfeeding. Not all doctors are breastfeeding aware. They generally only have about 5 hours of breastfeeding education in the medical training. This really needs to change if mothers are to get accurate help. I think that doctors should refer mothers onto others who have the knowledge.
We ended up having some really interesting information about whether your breasts how long it takes for your breasts to fill up after you have fed your baby. I learned, even though I did know this but didn't know how to answer it, that our breasts are never empty. The baby will only take about 80% of the breastmilk. There is milk still dripping in there all the time. Here is a great site to find out more information about this. How does milk production work?. I also learned about breastmilk being compared to white blood. Breast-Milk: The White Blood. I find it amazing after breastfeeding 5 babies that it is only now that I am learning this and my daughter is nearly 2 years old. If only mothers knew more then they would be able to make a better decision as to what is best for their babies. I know there is a lot of liturate out there but you find that the mothers who have a low levels of reading skills find it hard to comprehend this.
I have come up with 2 ideas that I am hoping to explore further in the future. The first being peer support program where mums are supported from their first appointment at the hospital through to the baby is 12 weeks old. The 2nd is that we are able to go into high schools and educate teenages about breastfeeding and the benifits. The majority of girls will have come from a formula feeding family and won't know a lot about breastfeeding. If you can inform them before they have babies then you are more likely to have them perserve when problems arrise which in most cases does happen at some stage in your breastfeeding relationship.
Myself and 2 other mothers from our group had a meeting with the hospital which is currently undergoing a process to become a baby friendly hospital. This was a very informatitive meeting and very exciting. Hopefully this will be the start of a wonderful relationship which helps extend our already wonderful relationship with the Caboolture hospital. Its amazing to see what is happening behind the scenes. A lot of the time people don't hear or want to know about the good things that are happening. Only the negative. Hopefully we are able to promote and help to improve this perception through our dealings with mums who coming through the hospital.
Well as it turned out it was actually a wonderful learning experience. Its amazing how empowered you feel when you learn something new. Firstly one of the mothers who has only come one other time was able to come which was exciting that she came back. Then about half way through the meeting Yo our lactation consultant was able to come to the meeting. She has been very busy of late and also having a baby herself who tends to have his sleep around our meeting time has made it hard for her to come along. So it was great to catch up. I had some really exciting ideas I wanted to get her opinion on. A new mother came along and we were able to help her we were able to comfort her after she was going through a really emotional time with getting wrong advice from a doctor. It pays to get a second opinion and even check with your chemist with medication that you can take whilst breastfeeding. Not all doctors are breastfeeding aware. They generally only have about 5 hours of breastfeeding education in the medical training. This really needs to change if mothers are to get accurate help. I think that doctors should refer mothers onto others who have the knowledge.
We ended up having some really interesting information about whether your breasts how long it takes for your breasts to fill up after you have fed your baby. I learned, even though I did know this but didn't know how to answer it, that our breasts are never empty. The baby will only take about 80% of the breastmilk. There is milk still dripping in there all the time. Here is a great site to find out more information about this. How does milk production work?. I also learned about breastmilk being compared to white blood. Breast-Milk: The White Blood. I find it amazing after breastfeeding 5 babies that it is only now that I am learning this and my daughter is nearly 2 years old. If only mothers knew more then they would be able to make a better decision as to what is best for their babies. I know there is a lot of liturate out there but you find that the mothers who have a low levels of reading skills find it hard to comprehend this.
I have come up with 2 ideas that I am hoping to explore further in the future. The first being peer support program where mums are supported from their first appointment at the hospital through to the baby is 12 weeks old. The 2nd is that we are able to go into high schools and educate teenages about breastfeeding and the benifits. The majority of girls will have come from a formula feeding family and won't know a lot about breastfeeding. If you can inform them before they have babies then you are more likely to have them perserve when problems arrise which in most cases does happen at some stage in your breastfeeding relationship.
Myself and 2 other mothers from our group had a meeting with the hospital which is currently undergoing a process to become a baby friendly hospital. This was a very informatitive meeting and very exciting. Hopefully this will be the start of a wonderful relationship which helps extend our already wonderful relationship with the Caboolture hospital. Its amazing to see what is happening behind the scenes. A lot of the time people don't hear or want to know about the good things that are happening. Only the negative. Hopefully we are able to promote and help to improve this perception through our dealings with mums who coming through the hospital.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Have just finished updating our website. Hopefully I will continue to like the look and not want to change it too soon. It takes a long time to go through and work out the way you want things to look. There were a few things that needed to be added so that we can actually start raising money for our group. There are few big money items that we will need to raise money for by May next year such as the insurance and the incorpartion fees.
Check out the new look website at http://www.caboolturecbs.org.au/
Check out the new look website at http://www.caboolturecbs.org.au/
Friday, October 2, 2009
Breastfeeding News
Drugs Taken After Birth may Hamper Breastfeeding
Category: Women Health News
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 11:41:43 PM Font Size Researchers from Swansea University have revealed that drugs used to control bleeding after birth may hinder a woman's ability to breastfeed.
The researchers arrived at this conclusion after analyzing data on more than 48,000 women in South Wales.Some 55% of women who did not take drugs immediately after birth were able to commence breastfeeding within 48 hours of giving birth.
However the breastfeeding rate was 59.1% among women who took a shot of Oxytocin.
The potentially life-saving treatments to prevent bleeding after birth must not be compromised on the basis of this study but further studies are required to establish ways to minimise any effects on breastfeeding rates," said lead researcher Dr Sue Jordan. "In the meantime, what we would like to see would be provision of extra help for new mothers trying to establish breastfeeding by making sure to allow enough time for the effect of drugs given in labour to subside."
The details of the study appear in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Source-Medindia
RAS
Category: Women Health News
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 at 11:41:43 PM Font Size Researchers from Swansea University have revealed that drugs used to control bleeding after birth may hinder a woman's ability to breastfeed.
The researchers arrived at this conclusion after analyzing data on more than 48,000 women in South Wales.Some 55% of women who did not take drugs immediately after birth were able to commence breastfeeding within 48 hours of giving birth.
However the breastfeeding rate was 59.1% among women who took a shot of Oxytocin.
The potentially life-saving treatments to prevent bleeding after birth must not be compromised on the basis of this study but further studies are required to establish ways to minimise any effects on breastfeeding rates," said lead researcher Dr Sue Jordan. "In the meantime, what we would like to see would be provision of extra help for new mothers trying to establish breastfeeding by making sure to allow enough time for the effect of drugs given in labour to subside."
The details of the study appear in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Source-Medindia
RAS
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