Health professionals

We understand that diagnosis and management of breastfeeding issues is not always well covered in medical education or CME.

There is a list of resources below that are aimed to help medical professionals assist patients with breastfeeding challenges. Please feel free to contact us directly via email if you have questions about diagnosis or management of breastfeeding issues.

To refer a patient to us, please email or use the form on the Contact Us page. Parents are also very welcome to self-refer. We will be in touch with parents directly via email with an intake form and to arrange a consultation time.

We are also available to present CME to staff or peer groups, or antenatal/postnatal education to patient groups. To discuss this further please get in touch via email kiaora@nurturedclinic.co.nz

Links to External Resources

  • Medications in Breastfeeding

    Use any of these databases to look up detailed information regarding safety and pharmacology of medications in breastfeeding

    LactMed

    e-lactancia

    InfantRisk App

  • Covid-19 Related Information

    Covid vaccination is safe and recommended during lactation. Find further information here and here

    Breastfeeding is encouraged to continue during Covid-19 infection, as it provides important immune protection to an infant without increasing their risk of infection. Find further information here and here

  • Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocols

    The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has over 30 protocols freely available, aimed at medical professional supporting breastfeeding people. The titles include ‘Persistent Pain in Breastfeeding’, ‘Breast Masses’, ‘Analgesia/Anaesthetic for a Breastfeeding Mother’ and ‘Allergic Proctocolitis’.

    Find the full list and access them here

  • Normal Infant Sleep

    Find evidence based information and advice about normal infant sleep at any of these resources

    BASIS UK - pages for parents as well as health professionals

    Little Sparklers - Aus based charity aimed mainly at parent support and education around normal infant sleep

    Dr James McKenna - published research and information on safe bedsharing practices and breastsleeping

  • La Leche League NZ

    A charitable organisation which provides free mother-to-mother support to breastfeeding mothers around Aotearoa/NZ, either in person or face-to-face.


    Find details of your local Leader/s (trained breastfeeding peer counsellors) here

  • Nurturescience

    More info to come…