Victoria Richards Lactation Consultant IBCLC

Breastfeeding always

Always

Thanks

Wherever I go, breastfeeding always breastfeeding, Lima Perú 500 AD

Lot of work to normalize breastfeeding this year :)

Thanks to everyone that came to our BFI class. We have amazing time teaching.

Patient Safety Day stand, Mile End Hospital

Lovely feedback from one of our classes, changing lives by little steps. Breastfeeding can be so important in the life of mums and when they achieve it is amazing!

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We've been celebrating World Breastfeeding Week over the past few days, at both Newham Hospital and Barking Birth Centre @barkingbirth Our Infant Feeding Lead, Victoria, arranged lots of snacks and goodies for the staff, as well as encouraging lots of interesting discussions on how we can best support women and birthing people with breastfeeding 🤱 Did you know, we offer antenatal classes on both breastfeeding and hand expressing? For information on how to book on to the classes, speak to your midwife or doctor. Please tag us in all your #worldbreastfeedingweek pictures!

WBW

Celebrating 74th year NHS anniversary

New uniform

Leading infants

First day as Infant feeding Lead Newham University Hospital

Last day of my Lactation Consultant Clinic in Kent. New beginnings and new challenges
to continue growing. Always there is more to learn.

Kent clinic today

Proud to be a Consultant

One of my first clients few years ago . My experience as a massage therapist gave me some extra tools to help her. At that time I was not so confident about tongue ties, I could have helped her better. Breastfeeding support is a long learning journey, it is not straightforward and simple some times.

Happy breastfeeding!!

Lactation clinic today.

Breastfeeding Kent

Finally NHS Lactation Consultant !!

Finding breastfeeding everywhere I go😅

World breastfeeding week.

A little reminder as we enter World Breastfeeding Week.

Please get some support with feeding your baby if it’s feeding hard, or a struggle.

IBCLCs are specialists in infant feeding and will be able to help you, whether that’s help with what’s going on right now, or dealing with some feeding trauma that’s happened in the past.

Last day at King's

Last day a NNU King's Hospital, as Breastfeeding Advisor and Milk Bank Coordinator.
I will miss the amazing people that I have encountered here ,the staff , the babies and more than anything , the mums.
They have shown me the incredible strength of humans in adversity, the unconditional love of parents , the resilience and the determination.
They have shared with me their most amazing journeys, their hopes and their sorrows. I feel privileged of being part of that period of time , so intense , so sad and but so magic at the same time.
I will never forget also the mighty babies , little , vulnerable but so powerful, capable of creating such a big impact in the lives of so many people .
They have touched my heart.
Thanks to all .

One example of Rusty Pipe Syndrome.

Rusty Pipe Syndrome is the result of old blood left inside of the milk ducts from vascular breast engorgement.
Is It Dangerous? It can be scary to see blood in your breast milk, but no it is not dangerous.
Rusty Pipe Syndrome is a temporary condition, and it's not dangerous for you or your baby. You do not have to wait until it runs its course to breastfeed your child.
Your breast milk is still good, so go ahead and breastfeed. The small amount of blood is not likely to bother your baby or to have any effect on him or her. On occasions, a larger amount of blood may not sit well with the baby. It could cause an infant to spit up more often or even have a little bit of blood in their bowel movements.