Breast-Warmers have been used on the Maternity Ward at Bunbury regional hospital since 2001. Midwifes have found them particularly helpful with women who may have engorged or uncomfortable breast.

Breast-Warmers then became a stock item in the hospital due to the increase in the demand.

The Midwifes from the ward conduct a postnatal visiting service in women’s homes following discharge from the hospital.Midwifes report that the Breast-warmers are a valuable item to assist with breastfeeding.

Mary Coughlin, RN, MS, NNP,  selected Kangaroo Zak (The Zaky ZAK) in her research project in Portugal: The Sobreviver Project (Survive)

Mary Coughlin RN, MS, NNP, founder and president of Caring Essentials Collaborative, LLC has served as their global learning officer since 2010. Ms. Coughlin’s seminal work merging the Joint Commission concept of core measures with developmentally supportive care frames her current passion.

Ms. Coughlin authored the 2011 NANN Guidelines for Age Appropriate Care of the Premature and Critically Ill Hospitalized Infant and most recently authored the book: Transformative Nursing in the NICU: Trauma-informed, Age-appropriate Care (Springer Publishing 2014).

I LOVE IT!!!! It is so much easier to hold skin to skin – I could hold my baby all day with it. The baby is snug and secure. At times I would get up and tend to my other baby when I had one in the Kangaroo Zak

Since using the Dr Nice Breast Gel with my lactation clients, they have found it really soothing on their damaged nipples. Cracked, bleeding and blistering of nipples when baby is unable to attach correctly leads to pain and discomfort in breastfeeding mothers, nipples are healing quicker than with any other products I have used. The unique applicator makes it easy to use an apply. As an IBCLC I can highly recommend Dr Nice Breast Gel to any mother who is enduring painful nipples when breastfeeding.

When my first son was born my low milk supply came out of the blue – I had no warning that I could experience issues despite history of IVF and preeclampsia requiring c-section. It was a very stressful and confusing time, compounded by the fact that the precious colostrum stuck to the pump parts and pumping felt futile. When my milk ‘came in’ I continued pumping post feeds to help maintain what supply I had, but never extracted more than 9ml.

Second time, knowing that insufficient glandular tissue was the likely main root cause of my issues, I was much better prepared with the Primo Facto, which attaches to Medela Pump parts and comes with collection syringes. It did a lot for my wellbeing in hospital knowing that every drop possible was going to my son, particularly as this time gestational diabetes was a factor too. I started collecting 1ml which increased to 9ml over the 5 days. I highly recommend the Primo Lacto to any mothers with pregnancy complications as well as health professionals who wish to support breastfeeding mothers.