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Breastfeeding associates with healthier neonatal gut microbiome- another reason to breastfeed! UCD Perinatal Research Centre UCD Medicine University College Dublin Paul Cotter Sarah Louise Killeen, RD, PhD DvS Research Group Cara Yelverton Conor Feehily Teagasc @scienceirel

It's National #breastfeeding week. Check out this interesting article about Breastfeeding Self-efficacy by Liz McGovern IBCLC, Lactation Consultant and UCD PhD Student as part of the 'Bump2Baby and Me' project led by Prof A/Prof Sharleen O’Reilly: bitly.ws/WeWD

Liz McGovern IBCLC's findings from her 🤱self-efficacy scoping review will hopefully be out soon - lots of interesting findings!

#FIGO2023 ⁦Dr. Graeme Smith⁩ presents on how #breastfeeding can reduce maternal chronic disease ⁦FIGO HQ⁩

.⁦UCD Conway Institute⁩ ⁦Sophie Callanan⁩ #conway20 shows that exposure to breast milk is associated with optimal adiposity and lower inflammation in preteens #ROLOStudy ⁦Sarah Louise Killeen, RD, PhD⁩ ⁦The National Maternity Hospital⁩ ⁦@NCRCIre⁩

Congratulations, it was an excellent discussion on the ways forward for supporting breastfeeding in Ireland. It's so important to include and learn from breastfeeding parents in that process.

Great news!

Want to know how parents coped with breastfeeding & formula feeding during COVID in Ireland? New article from Aileen Kennedy RD PhD and I describes how BF parents struggled without in-person support, & formula feeding parents feared shortages. tinyurl.com/426dzkb4 Nutrition Society Publications

🤱🇮🇪 We're launching the Republic of Ireland's first WBTi report by webinar on November 28th at 10am (GMT). More details to follow but, in the meantime, sign up and save the date and share widely! tinyurl.com/Wbti-ireland

Important day in Ireland's journey to move breastfeeding in Ireland from "mediocre" to first class! We need a new National Breastfeeding Action Plan developed with this WBTi report's findings + recommendations in mind and in consultation with mothers + infant feeding advocates.

Nearly 3 yrs & 10,000 papers later 🥴: our Systematic Review on #HumanMilk & Child Growth is out! Big team effort led by #THRiVElab alums @mbrockwa & Sarah M Reyes, PhD. #Tweetorial coming soon. For now, check out this overview from American Society for Nutrition: nutrition.org/how-does-human…

Flying the flag for breastfeeding at UCD Graduate Research symposium - Sophie's work on cardio metabolic health in 9-11 yr olds from ROLO study and my poster on self-efficacy interventions Bump2BabyandMe Project The National Maternity Hospital UCD Perinatal Research Centre Sophie Callanan UCD Research #breastfeeding

Research on "Women's perspectives on mHealth behavior change interventions for the management of overweight, obesity, or gestational diabetes: A qualitative meta-synthesis" in Obesity Reviews - Wiley Online Library from Liz McGovern IBCLC A/Prof Sharleen O’Reilly onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ob…

A great team to be part of! Best wishes to Mia, Hannah and Lucy as they complete their placement in the PRC. Lovely getting to know you and well done on the fab work you did over the past 10 months 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

🔥off the press & perfectly ⏲️ for #WomensHealthWeek2024 @lizmcgov_IBCLC Scoping r/v on prenatal🤱self-efficacy found 1-in-2 used theory to design trials & they report better outcomes but the number of theory-led trials hasn't ⬆️x10yrs! Fionnuala McAuliffe NMH & UCD doi.org/10.1186/s12966…

Building confidence in breastfeeding antenatally - scoping r/v considerations for theory use, timing, and content of interventions and measurement tools bit.ly/Prenatal-BSE ALCIreland Laura McHugh National Women & Infants Health Programme Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) #breastfeeding

Really enjoyed presenting at the ALCI conference about the lessons from my scoping review. Thanks for having me #alcireland

Really enjoyed presenting at the ALCI conference and sharing insights on enhancing confidence in breastfeeding antenatally. Honoured to be awarded the best research poster. 🥳 Thanks #ALCIreland

Nice to see our systematic review on women's perspectives on mhealth behaviour change is getting read🤓 Want to join the club? doi.org/10.1111/obr.13… #ViewsMilestone Bump2BabyandMe Project UCD Perinatal Research Centre

Super to see plans for an Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies Preparedness Plan for Ireland discussed on RTÉ One 10ThingstoKnowAbout episode about food security last night. 👏👏 Something very important for the next Programme for Govt to enact. Watch it back RTÉ Player