Jessica Robinson - IBCLC Newcastle region

03/03/2022

Raising awareness on this important topic xx

War, disasters, and crisis scenarios are extremely dangerous for infants and young children.

To protect infants and families, donate money NOT formula.

Organizations that adhere to the World Health Organization Code standards are skilled and trained in infant and young child feeding in emergencies. Some of these organizations include:

https://www.rescue.org/

https://www.savethechildren.org/

www.worldvision.org/

23/01/2022

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Hi, I’m Di Longworth.
I am an endorsed midwife providing private midwifery services including Homebirth, on Awabakal, Worimi, Wonnarua and Geawegal country (Newcastle, Lake Mac, Port Stephens, and Hunter Valley).

I have been a midwife since 1997, and practiced primarily in women centred, midwifery models of care and more recently, in rural, remote, and regional settings across NSW and Qld.
I have launched back into Private Practice Midwifery in 2022 (after 12 years away from homebirth!) as I am finding that women are emerging damaged, physically, and psychologically from the standard medical model of care. Working within that system doesn’t align with my beliefs and philosophy of birth as a normal life event that should be viewed in a wellness paradigm.

I practice within the Australian College of Midwives Guidelines for Consultation and Referral and aim to be clear about any developments during pregnancy and birth that may fall outside of my scope of practice. As endorsed midwives we are required by law to hold professional indemnity insurance. I am insured by MIGA the only company that offers midwives insurance, however as there is no insurance product available for intrapartum care at home, I work under the federal government exemption for this component of your care. I am fully covered for pregnancy and postnatal care.

I hope to be able to provide my community with an alternate model of care which is tailored to their needs and remains a safe alternative to the medical model of care.

Please message or email me for further info!

29/04/2020

YES! I am still open! I am available for Zoom or face to face consults, as required, or as requested, all safety measures considered of course. Get in touch today for availability 👌

31/03/2020

I am struggling to keep up with all the latest updates and advice, but I found this graphic from WHO easy to follow and covers the main advice!

Currently I am still providing consultations but am aiming for minimal face to face contact when able.

http://www.emro.who.int/noncommunicable-diseases/campaigns/breastfeeding-advice-during-the-covid-19-outbreak.html

10/03/2020

Women with gestational diabetes have a seven-fold increase in developing type 2 diabetes within 10 years. Breastfeeding reduces this risk, with mother's breastfeeding for 1-2years having a 15% reduction in type 2 diabetes onset.

Women who have had gestational diabetes now have another way of reducing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Research published last month showed that breastfeeding babies for longer reduces the mother’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. The 25 year study followed 4000 women ...

15/01/2020

I speak a lot about Qiara probiotic in my visits. It is cultured from human breast milk to enhance breast and gut health for breastfeeding mum's and bubs. Targeted specifically for mastitis prevention and relief, it is also beneficial for any breast related concerns like ni**le thrush, blebs or blocked ducts. There are quite a few local places stocking it now, and there is a stockist locator on their website 👌

https://www.qiara.com.au/

Qiara® probiotics isolated from healthy human breast milk. Evidence based probiotics formulated for pregnant, breastfeeding mums and babies and the whole family.

04/12/2019

My turn for a 'share the love' Christmas giveaway. Comment on the original post to win. Plenty of other giveaways on the page for pregnant or new mums too!

Congratulations Erin c Thompson 💝 thank you everyone for sharing the love 💖 Merry Christmas 💚🎄💚

01/12/2019

Merry Christmas beautiful Mummas!

Along with many others, I will be heading away with family this holiday season over Christmas and New Year. As we all know, babies don't follow along with our social cues and wait for the holidays to be over, so if you are requiring breastfeeding support over this time, please reach out, I have some beautiful local colleagues I can refer you to.

I will be away from December 14th until January 5th. Stay safe and snuggle those babies.

28/11/2019

Hooray mum's of Newcastle! A treat for you has arrived 🥰 Newcastle Baby, a free resource magazine for new mum's and mums-to-be on all things pregnancy, birth and baby was launched yesterday. It is packed full of local support and expertise, and you can find my sneaky add on our very own 'lactation support page'! Copies are currently being distributed around baby centred locales and can also be found online 😁🤰👶🤱
www.newcastlebaby.com.au

14/11/2019

Choose knowledge.
Choose passion.
Choose power.

Positive pregnancy and positive birth leads to positive parenting and positive breastfeeding outcomes.

We have helped BMGP create a fabulous new advertising poster 🤩 If you have a handy spot to hang this poster like a Playgroup, health centre, Obstetrician's office (just kidding!!), feel free to print it out, or drop into Belmont to grab an A3 size poster from Jenni, or, message us for the high res PDF!

12/11/2019

With the recent weather warnings I thought it was a good time to share this life saving advice on infant feeding during an emergency.
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The least impact on an infant comes when the infant is exclusively breastfed, as no extra supplies need to be considered as long as the mother and infant are not separated. Reguardless of temperature, water or food supplies, an infant can continue to exist on breast milk alone. This is relevant even when an infant usually has solid foods or is mixed fed.

For mum's who rely on pumping their breast milk or who feed their babies with formula, a little more thought and preparation needs to be given to their infants needs in case of an emergency. As stated in the article, hand expressing is a perfect skill to perfect if an electric breast pump is not available, and extra water supplies and single use cups/containers for feeding and storing milk become more important when washing and sterilising can't be done effectively.

Please stay safe xx

By Dr Karleen Gribble, adviser to the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) and member of the Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Core Group

08/11/2019

Ooooh I love this one... definately me 😅

This is my life at the moment. What was I about to do again? 😂

11/10/2019

I didn't write this, but every word rings true as if I had. It brings back the message to "read your baby, not the books". Your baby hasn't read those parenting books, and therefore only needs what they need, if you learn their cues, life can just fall into place around them ❤️

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2485808701507876&substory_index=0&id=1539607359461353

I don’t count wake ups.
I don’t know how long she naps.
I’m not sure how long she goes between feeds.
Well, not in a formal way anyway... My way of *counting* wake ups is to see how I feel the next day ...
Sometimes, I have no actual figure but I know it was a sh*tload!
Other times, I felt like there was nice, long stretches and I’d guesstimate, maybe 3 ... Naps are measured in terms of -
- a quick kip (catnap)
- a long nap
- a wow, you must’ve needed that (super long) nap!

Time between feeds is most obvious by the way my b***s feel ... -both bursting - too long, please feed now, my love!! This usually happens on a super busy, distracted kind of day or after a crazy long stretch at night
-one bursting- happens when I forget to swap sides at night and then we are so busy the next morning, she doesn’t feed
-even and comfortable- a couple of hours between feeds
-flat pancakes- feeding frenzy, growth spurt

This is the only level of detail I need ... we don’t need to live by the clock or count arbitrary happenings.
Figures won’t help neither she nor I, but listening to each other and our bodies will.
We will ride waves of intensity and times of relative calm.
She will tell me when she needs more and also when it will be less.
When that gets too much for me, I will rally my support crew to get the respite I need to meet my needs so I can keep up with hers.
Some nights, some days, some weeks, some months will be tough and they will test us. But, we make it through the other side together.
She won’t always need me as intensely as she does right now. I will continue to meet her at her point of need, knowing she is only this little for such a little while. ❤️🥰❤️
~Carly Grubb, TBSTP Founder

📷 - Katie Emslie

05/10/2019

Did you know that the World Health Organisation had a list of preference for infant feeding? It is:

1. Breastfeeding from the mother
2. Mother's own expressed breast milk
3. Breast milk from another mother
4. Infant formula

Human Milk 4 Human babies is a social milk sharing page linking parents in need to find doner breast milk locally. Here is their new page!

HM4HB NSW is switching to a group format! If you need milk or have milk to donate, please join our new milky community and share the milky love.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/845520315843794/

22/09/2019

22/09/2019

Aren't our bodies amazing? I wonder how many years of "science" it took to perfect this? Such a gorgeous photo too!

“When a baby suckles at its mother's breast, a vacuum is created. Within that vacuum, the infant's saliva is sucked back into the mother's ni**le, where receptors in her mammary gland read its signals. This "baby spit backwash," as she delightfully describes it, contains information about the baby's immune status. Everything scientists know about physiology indicates that baby spit backwash is one of the ways that breast milk adjusts its immunological composition. If the mammary gland receptors detect the presence of pathogens, they compel the mother's body to produce antibodies to fight it, and those antibodies travel through breast milk back into the baby's body, where they target the infection.”
credit: The Natural Parent Magazine

18/09/2019

What a husband!!! 😂

"what else do you make for your IBCLC wife!"

Yes, we had b***y cake for breakfast :p