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Dear Geraldine,
I have just found your website and hope you can help because I just don’t think I can continue breastfeeding. My baby is 6 days old. I thought he was feeding well because the midwife said ‘he looked fine’ but now he has lost 12% of his birthweight and they want me to give [...]

Dear Geraldine,
You visited a friend of mine and hope you can help me too. My baby is due next week and I am worried that I will not be able to produce enough milk as I had reduction surgery 12 years ago. How will I know whether I am able to produce enough milk or [...]

Hi Geraldine,
Just wanted to thank you for seeing Josh and I so quickly. We had heard that you were usually booked up for days so were delighted when you said you could see us at your practice on the same day!
Josh seems heavier already (though it may be too early to tell) and my [...]

Dear Geraldine,
My son Sam is 4 months old now and exclusively breastfed. We had a tricky start and he had to have top ups for the first 3 weeks and took the bottle fine. The midwives told me that he would never breastfeed and so when he did, I stopped offering him bottles so that [...]

Dear Geraldine,
I am worried that my son Joshua is not getting enough food. He will only feed for 3-5 minutes and then he pulls off and I can’t get him back on. My midwife thinks he is hungry and says he should be feeding for at least 45minutes but when I try to put him [...]

Dear Geraldine,
My daughter is 4 weeks and I still can’t put her down during the day. Evenings are even worse because she cries pretty much from 5pm until 10pm and I just don’t know what to do with her. I am so tired and wonder whether she is not getting enough milk or whether my [...]

Dear Geraldine,
I am due to have my first baby in the next couple of weeks and am worried about him/her becoming very janudiced and needing to go back into hospital. How can I stop my baby from becoming jaundiced?
Jane
Hi Jane,
Whilst jaundice is part and parcel of being a baby, the degree to which your [...]

Dear Geraldine,
I recently found your website as you had visited a friend in Chiswick and she said you worked wonders with her baby.
I live in Manchester so can’t come and see you, but hope you can help me with my baby. Sophie is 6 weeks old now and my main problem is that she [...]

Morning ladies,
I will soon be uploading a picture of the Let’s Breastfeed Boob Mobile, though you certainly wouldn’t miss it if you were behind me in traffic! We want to shake breastfeeding up and make it more fun and inviting for all new moms without a truck load of pressure, as it should be.
We are [...]

Sorry I missed my Blog yesterday, was up at 5am and before I knew it, I was running late for a 10am appointment! I am sure this is nothing new to you. It is Friday and as it marks the end of the week, I thought I would do something lighter.
Yesterday, during the meeting I [...]