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  • Demonstration of how the gestalt method works with a breastfeeding mother and baby. Dr Pamela Douglas 2019
  • Two videos of mothers breastfeeding in the side-lying position using the gestalt method
  • Six women share stories of their breastfeeding challenges, and what helped
  • A testimony: how one woman benefited from the Possums programs as she managed complex baby feeding difficulties

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A testimony: how one woman benefited from the Possums programs as she managed complex baby feeding difficulties

Dr Pamela Douglas28th of Dec 202319th of Apr 2024

Acknowledgements

I gratefully acknowledge the generosity of this woman who agreed to share her experiences in this videos, recorded in 2016, for the sake of helping others.

Selected references

Douglas PS, Keogh R. Gestalt breastfeeding: helping mothers and infants optimise positional stability and intra-oral breast tissue volume for effective, pain-free milk transfer. Journal of Human Lactation. 2017;33(3):509–518.

Douglas PS, Geddes DB. Practice-based interpretation of ultrasound studies leads the way to less pharmaceutical and surgical intervention for breastfeeding babies and more effective clinical support. Midwifery. 2018;58:145–155.

Douglas PS, Perrella SL, Geddes DT. A brief gestalt intervention changes ultrasound measures of tongue movement during breastfeeding: case series. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2022;22(1):94. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-12021-04363-12887.

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CRY-FUSS PROBLEMS: Seven-week-old William and his parents. Dr Pamela Douglas, F2F Nova Health Co. October 2023

In this video, Elise, her husband and seven-week-old William, who cries and fusses a lot, consult with Dr Pamela Douglas when she visited Nova Health Co, Wagga Wagga Australia in 2023. We're very grateful to these parents for their great generosity in allowing this video to be recorded and made available for educational purposes, for the sake of other parents with crying babies.

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