Diabetes and breastfeeding

Can I still breastfeed with type 1 diabetes? What will happen to my baby now that I have gestational diabetes?

In this episode, I’m talking to Lucy Lowe, an IBCLC specialising in working with diabetes in pregnancy. We talk about how gestational diabetes is diagnosed and treated, what steps you can take to prepare for breastfeeding a baby if you have any type of diabetes, and how to get more support.

Find out more about breastfeeding and chest feeding older babies and children in my book Supporting Breastfeeding Past the First Six Months and Beyond: A Guide for Professionals and Parents

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Resources mentioned

Free online antenatal course: https://abm.me.uk/product/team-baby-online-course/

Expressing your milk before your baby arrives - https://abm.me.uk/breastfeeding-information/antenatal-expression-colostrum/

Language Matters article https://www.diabetes.org.uk/resources-s3/2018-09/language-matters_language%20and%20diabetes.pdf

https://jdrf.org.uk/

https://www.laleche.org.uk/diabetes-and-breastfeeding/

https://www.lowestoftandwaveneybreastfeeding.co.uk/

https://www.breastfeedingsupportnorwich.com/

https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/10/Having-meaningful-conversations-with-mothers.pdf

NICE guidelines: 

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng3

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs109

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/life-with-diabetes/pregnancy

This podcast is presented by Emma Pickett IBCLC, and produced by Emily Crosby Media.