Pregnancy & Lactation, Molong - PALM

20/05/2024

Local pregnancy and postnatal care. 📞 0429 372 937

25/01/2024

Learn from the best!!!

There are many reasons a family can’t seek good breastfeeding support and advice an experienced IBCLC.

Barriers include issues such as:
❗️Not being able to drive or other access difficulties
❗️Child care issues for older children (although older siblings are always welcome in my clinic)
❗️Financial difficulties
❗️No services in your area

I want to be able to move past these barriers and bring information and support to more families easily, efficiently and cheaply.

This is my first webinar and I’m looking forward to seeing how far I can reach and how many people I can help in an hour of my day.

Go to my website to register. Link in bio 🔗

18/01/2024

18/01/2024

A couple of little changes!!!

16/12/2023

Finally added another few letters to my name today. IBCLC ✅

29/09/2023

Last minute exam prep for my International Board of Lactation qualification!! Wish me luck!!

06/08/2023

I’m in the Molong Pharmacy tomorrow 9.30 till 12.30 if anyone is still needing kids flu vacs. Or you just want to have a chat/weigh your baby.

29/07/2023

Something I am always asked. 🥰

Young babies are dominated by their needs for food, comfort and sleep rather than the environmental stimuli of light and dark, day and night. Adult circadian rhythms dictate our internal body clocks which influence energy levels, sleep patterns and moods. Two main hormones control circadian rhythms and are influenced by the light of day and the darkness of night. Cortisol is the stimulating "get going in the morning" hormone, and the hormone Melatonin peaks in the evening in response to reducing light, helping the body "wind down" in preparation for sleep. Newborn babies are oblivious to day and night and do not begin to develop circadian rhythms until about 2 months of age. The breastfeeding mother's cycle of sleep/wake hormones transferred in her breastmilk gradually influence her baby's circadian rhythm to develop. Environmental cues of the morning and evening activities help establish baby's rhythm in sync with the family over time. Having baby's bassinet or pram located in the hub of the household during the day and exposed to family sounds and activities is beneficial to baby's sensory experience. Reducing stimulation during and after night feeds will assist baby to settle sooner after being fed, and close proximity to his parents will help baby settle until the next feed. Page 98 NewBaby101 - A Midwife's Guide for New Parents eBook $9.95 www.NewBaby101.com.au

26/07/2023

Beautiful 😍

What is a midwife

A midwife is a chameleon, a leopard with ever changing spots.
A reflection of all those we have cared for
Of who we’re with in the moment
We dress ourselves to match the room, to match you in whatever ways we need
We’re patched together in a quilt of mismatched remnants and wonky threads
A quilt we’re forever picking at, loose threads tied, unpicked, re patched, ironed, scrunched
Some bits destined for the bin, other bits tucked in corners folded just so.
A life long project that is never really finished
I’ve remade myself again and again and I will again

Midwives are a work of art, a work of heart
A strange mix of science, biology.
A vast amount of abstract knowledge that we don’t know we know, yet somehow we do.
We exist in the moment before that first breath
We look you in the eyes, for a moment it’s just us two.
‘Just one more,’ part of me in awe as you pull it from the depths
Then we’re suspended in that brief all consuming hitch of your breath, that seems to last forever
Before we all breathe again when cries ring out like church bells on wedding days.
Towels fall around you like celebratory confetti, wiping away the old as we welcome the new.

And when silence stretches fourth, we will wrap you up tight, stop the world as you prepare to say goodbye.
Drape you in kindness, smallest touch, our words feeling hollow.
A Lilly white blanket that should have seen you home
Nothing feels like it can ever be enough

We’re the hand in your photos, the touch you’ve forgotten
We’re the photographers, the faceless voice, that face you can’t quite place
That person in Tescos that looks familiar, but you’re not sure from where
We’re your advocates, your voice, the rudder in the storm

We’re the rushing feet, the jangling keys
We’re the laughers, the cryers, the jokers.
The back rub that hits just right
The chirpy cheerleader in the middle of the night
Seeing you at your best and worst
Eventually becoming a blue blurry smudge on the periphery of your memories as time passes

But just so you know, just so you’re aware
A midwife is made up of all of you

Copyright: Midwifosaurus
Photo credit: ‘yes, you did it.’ Kate Kennedy Birth Photgraphy (See comments)

23/07/2023

Lauren is back with us again tomorrow for her clinic from 9:30am to 12:30pm

Book in with her for all things

✔️ flu vaccinations (adults and children 6 months+)
✔️covid vaccinations
✔️ baby health checkins
✔️ baby weighing
✔️ child & family health advice

Limited time slots, book yours in today!

www.molongpharmacy.com.au

Lauren Frazer Eligible Midwife/Child and Family Health Nurse.

18/06/2023

Did you know pharmacists can administer the influenza (flu) vaccine?

Ask your pharmacist today about getting your flu shot.

Pharmacists can vaccinate anyone aged 5 years and over against flu.

Priority groups who can get a free* flu vaccine include:
- People aged 65 and over
- Children aged six months to under five years
- Aboriginal people from six months of age
- Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy
- Those with serious health conditions such as diabetes, cancer, immune disorders, obesity, severe asthma, kidney, heart, lung or liver disease.

Everyone from six months and older is recommended to get a flu shot.

For more information, visit: www.health.nsw.gov.au/flu

*Some providers may charge an administration or consultation fee. Ask your pharmacist if this applies to you.

11/06/2023

One teaspoon of human milk contains as many as 3 million germ-killing and immune building cells. Every drop counts, so be proud of every ounce you’ve given your baby!