Caoimhe Whelan She/Her

The book I wish existed when I started my breastfeeding journey Practical Breastfeeding by Caoimhe Whelan is the book I wish had existed when I started thinking about breastfeeding.

I love this review of 'Practical Breastfeeding: An Illustrated Guide for Parents' on Rollercoaster
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Lovely review of 'Practical Breastfeeding: An Illustrated Guide for Parents' in the latest issue of the Elacta magazine. Elacta is the European Lactation Consultants Alliance www.elacta.eu

Lovely piece about 'Practical Breastfeeding: An Ilustrated Guide for Parents' in The Irish Independent by Andrea Smith m.independent.ie/life/family/...

Available now in most good bookshops.

#breastfeeding #practicalbreastfeeding #lactation

All4Birth review of 'Practical Breastfeeding: An Illustrated Guide for Parents'
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Kenny's Bookshop will ship my book, 'Practical Breastfeeding: An Illustrated Guide for Parents' to anywhere in the world www.kennys.ie/shop/practic...

One of the most grotesque contrasts in the history of human civilisation.

I have advance copies! Publication date is 5th June 2025. For now, 'Practical Breastfeeding: An Ilustrayed Guide for Parents' is available to pre-order from most good bookshops.

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Publication date: 5th June 2025. Available to pre-order from Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Br... or Canbury Press www.canburypress.com/collections/....

My book 'Practical Breastfeeding: An Illustrated Guide for Parents' is published on 5th June! It's available to pre-order at www.canburypress.com/collections/...
Illustrations are by Lauren Rebbeck. Chapter on Pumping by @nicolaibclc.bsky.social

#StandWithUkraine

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺

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mind map showing central idea "no one understands - help!" with themes and participants

#IntBreastfeedJ January 2025 update

7 papers with authors from 13 countries: Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Norway, Sweden, S. Africa, Türkiye, UAE, UK & USA

Always #OpenAccess

Check out @caoimhew.bsky.social 's article on low milk supply

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Yes true, but many parents who've chosen to breastfeed equate formula with failing as a mother - this probably has a lot to do with how talk about infant feeding and do antenatal breastfeeding education.

Breastfeeding with primary low milk supply: a phenomenological exploration of mothers’ lived experiences of postnatal breastfeeding support - International Breastfeeding Journal Background Most women can produce enough milk to exclusively breastfeed. However, a small cohort are prevented from doing so due to a condition known as primary low milk supply. The aim of the study w...

A second paper from my MSc. research on womens' experiences of #breastfeeding with primary #lowmilksupply has been published OPEN ACCESS in International Breastfeeding Journal!
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Of course, follow the money 🤑.

Why do midwives get involved with schemes likes these? Is it lack of awareness of the WHO Code on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes? Or is it they they believe the Code isn't important?

'Preparation for the Next Life' by Atticus Lish.

Why Buying a Baby Health Monitor Could Increase Your Anxiety - Today's Parent A new group of experts is cautioning parents against using these high-tech health and sleep devices.

"healthcare professionals...are urging parents to avoid the products which may be less reliable than presented. Plus, when it comes to parental wellbeing, experts say the devices often do more harm than good." www.todaysparent.com/baby/baby-he...

Misinformation and Readability of Social Media Content on Pediatric Ankyloglossia This cross-sectional study evaluates whether social media content on pediatric ankyloglossia and other oral ties is accurate and given at an appropriate reading level for the general population.

This study found a high degree of misinformation in social media posts (from IBCLCs & HCPs) on oral ties in babies, that used the hashtags #tonguetie #liptie #buccaltie. Only 11% of posts did not contain misinformation. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

and Ireland 😊

Excellent article in the Sydney Morning Herald today. Australian health experts call out toddler milks as unhealthy but the Australian Gov provides support to the formula industry to peddle their product in low and middle income countries. archive.md/2024.12.13-1...

GINA - Gaza Infant Nutrition Alliance, founded by Dr Reemal Al Soufi, is doing amazing work to help protect and support breastfeeding in Gaza gina.org.uk

If a #breastfeeding mother experiences challenges with milk supply, she needs breastfeeding/ #lactation suppprt. Not lactation cookies. Not auricular therapy. Not electrolytes. Not a breast massager. It's maddening how these products are being marketed on IG to bf women. #predatorymarketing

‘People are very welcoming’: asylum seekers find support in Irish town – photo essay Courtown has shown how accommodating asylum seekers can be a success by engaging and involving them in the community

Well done Courtown, great to see a positive story about inward migration.

'Courtown residents decided to get to know the people in the hotel.'

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I left X. Here I am now 😅