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1/ For those contemplating maternal and infant vulnerability... I just got a call from a caseworker regarding a woman in prison, 36 weeks pregnant, 8 weeks left of her sentence, permission to enter the mother and baby program at the gaol has been rejected.
2/ She can express milk for the baby for that month they say and it can be transported to the infant. How likely do you think it is that the infant will be able to be exclusively breastmilk fed over that time and that the infant will be willing to breastfeed on reunification?
3/ To what degree will the woman's capacity to provide good enough care for her infant been undermined by separation and likely(?) lack of breastfeeding?
.@sallygm1 is speaking now about Breastfeeding and #ClimateChange – Yorkshire and Humber @NIFN Special Interest Group, which is a group of Infant Feeding Leads who are passionate about bf and about learning more and sharing the positive impact bf has on the environment #bfconf 
.@sallygm1 the group wants to raise awareness, empower and inform the public and local & national leaders how breastfeeding positively impacts climate change. It also helps with the issue of #FoodSecurity #bfconf
.@MeghanAzad from @UManitoba & @CHILDStudy is speaking now about Breastfeeding and its association with lower blood pressure in the child #bfconf
@MeghanAzad @umanitoba @CHILDSTUDY .@MeghanAzad quote from Cesar Victoria et al. from the 2016 @TheLancet Breastfeeding Series "Human breastmilk is not only a perfectly adapted nutritional supply for the infant, but probably the most specific personalised medicine that he or she is likely to receive...." #bfconf
@MeghanAzad @umanitoba @CHILDSTUDY @TheLancet "... given at a time when gene expression is being fine tuned for life." #bfconf
#HelenBall from @durham_uni & @BasisOnline1 is speaking now to give us an Update on sleep messaging: Sleep Baby and You. Newest guidance launched in 2019 in England & 2022 in Scotland has switched to a more nuanced approach, consisttent w @NICEComms guidance #SIDS #SUDI #bfconf
@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms #HelenBall: guidance aims to be responsive to parents' concerns and help them understand the REASONS for the guidance, and prioritise avoidance of the most hazaradous sleep practices #bfconf
@durham_uni @BasisOnline1 @NICEComms #HelenBall Leaflet for England can be found on the @LullabyTrust website lullabytrust.org.uk/wp-content/upl… and the leaflet for Scotland can be found on the @scotgov website gov.scot/publications/s… #bfconf
.@sheena_byrom midwife and director of @all4maternity is speaking now about Compassionate care: Compassionate leadership #bfconf
@sheena_byrom @all4maternity .@sheena_byrom mentioned the @TheLancet series Beyond too little, too late and too much, too soon: a pathway towards evidence-based, respectful maternity care worldwide thelancet.com/journals/lance…
@sheena_byrom @all4maternity @TheLancet .@sheena_byrom Gamble et al. 2002 found around 30% of women find some aspect of their birth traumatic ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK68962/ she suspects that number is higher #bconf
#SarahJaneArchibald @JacintaCordwell are speaking now about Neonatal access restrictions during the pandemic: Implications for infant, parental and staff wellbeing. They will cover the neonatal context, covid restrictions & what has been learned #bfconf
.@JacintaCordwell: over 90000 neonatal admissions per year (about 1 in 7 babie born), 47% are born at 37+ weeks but may be admitted for maternal health reasons, need for surgery, jaundice, HIE etc. #bfconf
.@JacintaCordwell the challenges for babies, parents & staff are many. Babies are seprated, have mutiple caregivers. Levels of trauma, anxiety & depression are much higher for these families. Staff have less time & capacity to provide psychological support than they would like
For the first session today @DrKarleenG is speaking about Effective communication: the importance of sexed language. 2022 paper Effective Communication About Pregnancy, Birth, Lactation, Breastfeeding and Newborn Care frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #bfconf
.@DrKarleenG has done work in child protection cases, and cases of adoption, foster care, asylum seekers where language has been used to marginalise mothers. Through her work on lactation for adoptive mothers she has also worked with surrogate mothers #bfconf
@DrKarleenG .@DrKarleenG "when the rights of the mother are undermined, so are the rights of the child" #bfconf
.@UptySciChick is speaking now to answer the question "Is it ever too late for baby’s brain development?" short answer: No!
Early toxic stress can cause lifelong problems with physical & mental health. People can overcome this. There is hope #bfconf
Early toxic stress can cause lifelong problems with physical & mental health. People can overcome this. There is hope #bfconf
@UptySciChick .@UptySciChick: babies' brain development can be affected in utero by mother's mental health (cortisol & inflammatio, increased risk of preterm birth), exposure to substances #bfconf
@UptySciChick .@UptySciChick: babies have an innate drive to develop, postpartum they don't need products, they need the basics: safe & adequate feeding, shelter, responsive care #bfconf
#DebbieWade Midwife, health visitor & PhD student from @NorthumbriaUni is speaking now about Sustaining breastfeeding and social media (Reaching the hard to reach) based on her work exploring how a closed Facebook group influenced breastfeeding experiences #bfconf
Existing research on using Facebook for breastfeeding support includes "The faces of breastfeeding support: Experiences of mothers seeking breastfeeding support online" 2016 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27188074/
and Exploring Social Media Group Use Among Breastfeeding Mothers:
Qualitative Analysis 2018 researchgate.net/publication/32…
Qualitative Analysis 2018 researchgate.net/publication/32…
.@SibsonVicky Director of @1stepsnutrition is speaking now about The ultra-processing of the diets of babies and young children in the UK: Why it matters and what should be done about it. Will talk about #UltraProcessedFoods #UPF #bfconf
.@vickysibson: #NOVAClassification for foods featuring categories for raw & minimally processed foods, processed culinary ingredients, processed foods and ultraprocesed foods and drink. The latter category includes all infant milks #bfconf
Ultra processed foods definition captures far more foods than just "junk" or high in fat, salt, sugar aka HFSS foods from UK govt's nutrient profiling model (NPM) #bfconf
.#RobertBoyle clinical reader in paediatric allergy at @imperialcollege is speaking now about Detecting and managing milk allergy in infants. Will look at modern problem of milk allegery overdiagnosis, promotion of overdiagnosis by current guidelines & new approach #bfconf
@imperialcollege #RoberBoyle: current prescription rates for low-allergy infant formula in England is running about 10 times what would be expected, big increase since about 2005-6. Overreporting for egg and peanut allergry on much, much lower scale. Similar 10 fold excess seen in Norway #bfconf
@imperialcollege #RobertBoyle: In a US study about 7-8% formula sold in 2019 was low allergy formula vs less than 1 % milk allergy rates. Cost for prescription formula to NHS are significant, about a quarter of the money spent on enteral nutrition #bfconf
#NigelRollins scientist the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing with @WHO is speaking now about How the marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding #bfconf
#NigelRollins: important to differentiate between the practice of formula milk feeding, the commodity of formula milk and the marketing of commercial milk formula #CMF. We need to keep the focus on the marketing practices #LanguageMatters #bfconf
#NigelRollins on marketing theory 4Ps: Product design, development and packaging, Price management, Placement (distributon and retail presence) and Promotion. Marketing acts on the rational and the emotional mind #bfconf
Good morning from @babyfriendly's 24th annual conference, with over 1800 delegates online over two days. It's @shereen_fisher's conference as Programme Director. This year there are networking spaces where delegates can meet the Baby Friendly team. Posters are online too #bfconf
Chief Executive of @UNICEF_uk @jon_sparkes is welcoming delegates & speaking on the value of investing in the early years &giving children the best start that we can. We are living through challenging times: pandemic, maternity service reports, staff shortages, food insecurity...
.@UNICEF global priorities around vaccinations, climate change, helping displaced families. @UNICEF_uk looking at fundraising, lobbying for greater spending on intl development, work on the rights of the child. #BabyAndToddlerGuarantee campaign unicef.org.uk/campaign-with-…
