Rhian Eastham

Mum, Wife and now First Year Student Midwife at UCLan

[Rhian Eastham @RhianEastham]

Are you left brained or right brained?
Take the test ... https://t.co/Bjos3digwz

Did you know ... Pregnant women become more right brained during pregnancy to ensure they are more in tune with their babies

#maximisingbreastmilk #nurtureandnutrition2019
#pregnancy
#studentmw

[Ashley Marie Stephenson @ash_stephenson1]

This is really important. It's not about flying the banner for breast only... Its about supporting woman with whichever way they choose to feed their babies and instill the correct information surrounding their method.
#maximisingbreastmilk #nurtureandnutrition2019 #BFI #Unicef

[Melissa Horton @melhorton79]

#maximisingbreastmilk #feedingcues #BFI #Uclanmidwifery recognising early feeding cues to maximise responsive feeding x

[Lauren Johnson @laurenmidwifery]

Biological norms for bottle feeding
- Keeping baby close
- Picking up on feeding cues
- Expressing breast milk and having it in a bottle
- You can over feed a bottle fed baby
- Limiting the number of people bottle feeding the baby
- Skin to skin contact
#maximisingbreastmilk

[Lauren Johnson @laurenmidwifery]

#maximisingbreastmilk https://t.co/E2uWoALMun
First Steps Nutrition Trust believes that there's insufficient evidence that preparation machines are safe in the preparation of powdered infant formula

[Dot Heys Midwife @Dot_STMidwife]

How do we make feeding bottle fed babies as biologically close as breast feeding. Eye contact, keeping the baby close ( breast to face distance), observe other queue from the baby, routing, suckling, clenching of fists as a later sign, then finally crying #maximisingbreastmilk

[Dot Heys Midwife @Dot_STMidwife]

Learning so much about infant bottle preperation. It's interesting to see how the process has changed over the years since I've had my children. Also interesting to what information is available on the prep machines #maximisingbreastmilk #supportingmums #newknowlege

[Ashley Marie Stephenson @ash_stephenson1]

The right brain (intuitive and subjective) dominates new mothers so visual and colourful resources can be useful and absorbed well by mothers.

#maximisingbreastmilk #nurtureandnutrition2019 #BFI #Unicef @UCLanMidwifery @UclanMidSoc @MidwifeMegz

[Lauren Johnson @laurenmidwifery]

How can we as midwives be responsive?
- Communicate with them
- Be knowledgeable about both breast and bottle feeding
- Be specific to the mothers needs
- Discuss about skin to skin
- Benefits of colostrum
- Give everyone the same information

`#maximisingbreastmilk

[Dot Heys Midwife @Dot_STMidwife]

Thinking of communication antenatally with mum's.. Its important to taylor these conversations by asking the right questions the right way... Ask open ended questions, Use relative information for woman, giving informed knowledge, encourage relationships #maximisingbreastmilk

[Lauren Johnson @laurenmidwifery]

#maximisingbreastmilk
Support women with both bottle and breastfeeding! Giving them the most up to date knowledge about both <3

[Dot Heys Midwife @Dot_STMidwife]

Evidence suggests that pregnant woman and new mothers have a right brain dominance.. Aiding visual prompts can help the information to be absored better rather than over flowing the brain with information. #maximisingbreastmilk

[Ashley Marie Stephenson @ash_stephenson1]

Practicing the correct hand expression position on our knitted breasts.

#maximisingbreastmilk #unicef #BFI #nurtureandnutrition2019 @UCLanMidwifery

[Ashley Marie Stephenson @ash_stephenson1]

These are the sizes of a baby's tummy on day 1, day 3 and day 10.

It really shows why babies what to feed on demand. The tiny tummy triples in size.

#maximisingbreastmilk #nurtureandnutrition2019 #BFI #Unicef @UCLanMidwifery @UclanMidSoc

[Lauren Johnson @laurenmidwifery]

#maximisingbreastmilk
BFI DAY IN UNI

[Emma Watkinson @EmmaWatkinson7]

BFI training Day 2!! Our bodies are so amazing!! 🤱🏻💝🥰 #maximisingbreastmilk #Unicef #uclanstudentmidwife

[Ashley Marie Stephenson @ash_stephenson1]

Afternoon session of BFI day 2.

#maximisingbreastmilk #nurtureandnutrition2019 #BFI #Unicef @UCLanMidwifery @UclanMidSoc

[Rhian Eastham @RhianEastham]

#maximisingbreastmilk at uni 😍

[Emma Pickett @makesmilk]

"If someone has told you, 'a baby must feed for X number of minutes to reach the hindmilk,' they've usefully indicated they may not be the best person to rely on for breastfeeding support." #breastfeeding

[The i Paper @theipaper]

Women have described being approached by sales reps when they were vulnerable and recovering from traumatic births

https://t.co/RSlfwkyOwC