If ever there were a more confusing problem for mothers and clinicians alike, it is recognising the role allergies play within a breastfeeding context. Along with the confusion is a tremendous amount of frustration and downright desperation for many of those unfortunate enough to be affected. Despite their common, everyday frequency now, allergies are almost an undiscovered country in modern life. This book is the first of its kind to explore these issues and to offer ways to recognise and deal with them. Its message is that it is not nearly as difficult to persist with breastfeeding and dietary modifications as it is to live with the consequences of using artificial feeding - in both the short and longer term.

Author Biography

Robyn Noble DMLT, BAppSc(MedSc), IBCLC is the only lactation consultant in Queensland with a professional background in medical science. She was a Nursing Mothers' Counsellor for fifteen years. (NMAA is now the Australian Breastfeeding Association.) She is the mother of three children but because of a lack of appropriate information and support, did not experience normal, problem-free breastfeeding until her third baby (when she discovered NMAA!.) Robyn has been in private practice as a lactation consultant since 1990. She is the inaugural president of the Queensland Lactation Consultants' Association in 1990 (which became the Queensland branch of the Australian Lactation Consultants' Association - ALCA QLD - then eventually LCANZ.) Robyn has been involved nationally in breastfeeding education work for over 35 years.