General Practice Special Interests

Postnatal & Infant Care:

• Sleep challenges including frequent night waking, nap difficulties or prolonged bed time 

• Breastfeeding support including when breastfeeding hurts, low milk supply, blocked ducts and mastitis, oversupply and functional lactose overload, fit and hold or latch and positioning problems and fussiness at the breast

• Expressing breast milk

• Weight concerns and ‘failure-to thrive’

• Concerns about tongue ties and scissors frenotomy if needed 

• Weaning and night weaning

• Introducing solids

• Crying/unsettled behaviour

• Colic, reflux and gas

• Parental mental health 

• Difficult thoughts and feelings 

• Breastfeeding and birth grief and trauma 

• Return to work

• Advocacy in workplace, childcare or healthcare settings

Women’s Health:

• Pre-conception counselling

• Pregnancy and family planning

• Antenatal care/GP shared antenatal care

• Contraception

• Menstrual abnormalities

• Endocrine (hormone) disorders such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and hypothyroidism