Louise Riley, IBCLC

14/12/2022

Well done to all of the new IBCLCs getting their results this week.

31/10/2022

30/12/2020

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/oxford-universityastrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-approved

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-from-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-on-the-prioritisation-of-first-doses-of-covid-19-vaccines

20/03/2020

During the current COVID-19 situation, I am no longer able to offer home visits so will only be able to give online support.

16/03/2020

With shortages of Infant Formula in the shops at the moment, remember babies over 12 months can have cows milk instead, consider leaving the formula for formula feeding families with younger babies.

23/12/2019

Happy christmas to all the family I have supported this year. I am only avalible for limited online support over the next fee days while I spend time with my own family.

29/11/2019

Day 2 of the UNICEF BFI conference.

24/07/2019

Tongue Tie assessment is not as simple as a quick look in the mouth. We need to assess several different aspects of tongue and suck function and oral anatomy, AND watch a full breastfeed with appropriate changes to positioning and attachment. Anyone who glances at a baby and says "I can't see a tie" or "well he's sticking his tongue out" probably isn't qualified to be making a decision regarding a referal to a tongue tie practitioner.

16/07/2019

A Commons environmental audit committee (EAC) report which is several pages long calling for government action on all of the toxins weare expossed to in daily life.

There is one line in section 3 point 44 it mentions that breast cancer uk say there are increased chemicals in body fluids. If you follow the reference, there is one line that says the UK and USA have high levels of some chemicals in breast milk and in blood, and the reference for that is a study that says there are higher levels in lipid rich parts of the body including breast milk but the highst concentration and cause of exposure is dust!

The UK media report it as 'Cocktail of chemicals' found in UK mothers' breast milk due to home furnishings'

Which isn't going to help anyone, we all have high levels of chemical exposure due to pollution so it is going to be in any food we eat or feed out children, artificially modified cows milk is also going to have a ' cocktail of chemicals'.

The most toxic thing we are expossed to is the uk media.

26/04/2019

If your "breastfeeding specialist" tells you they don't belive in posterior tongue tie, they are not a breastfeeding specialist!

https://www.drghaheri.com/blog/2015/8/18/the-misunderstanding-of-posterior-tongue-tie-anatomy-and-release-technique (I've put it a a link not a share as the diagram that comes up doesn't look like a tongue!)