FemTech – female centered technology – is the future for women's health. With more female-led technology being released we’re seeing how technology is putting the female user at the center of the experience.
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My first, and soon-to-be biggest challenge would be feeding my baby. I remember being in the hospital on my first night alone with him, in a shared room with another new mother. I looked at him and felt a wave of fear, thinking to myself I am still a child myself, how am I meant to look after another (very tiny) human?
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Read about the latest news, stories, updates in breastfeeding technology and support from April 2019.
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Breastfeeding is too often considered to be the mother’s responsibility, but its societal impact means that we all need to play our part. Employers have a real opportunity to help mothers continue breastfeeding for as long as they need or want to.
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At the HelpMe Feed Foundation, we're using the latest technology to help more breastfeeding mothers feel supported. Staying up to date with all the developments in the world of breastfeeding is vital, which is why we've compiled the most interesting stories
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In my career I've cared for countless families, and listened to so many mothers tell their personal stories of struggle. Finally having produced a large-scale solution for these deeply personal struggles is so exciting.
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When I joined my new parents group of 9 beautiful and inspirational new mums, some of whom I call my best friends today, I knew I wasn’t going to be alone in my fears.
In early 2018, The HelpMe Feed Foundation surveyed health professionals in the USA, that work to support new mothers with breastfeeding, and gained a useful understanding of the key challenges they face and what kind of resources would assist them.
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Understand the entire ecosystem of breastfeeding support and services available in Australia, including health organizations, volunteer support groups, government bodies and not-for-profits.
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The HelpMe Feed breastfeeding support project recently registered as a not-for-profit charity, the HelpMe Feed Foundation. The breastfeeding support technology app will roll out from early 2019 to new mothers, health professionals and volunteer coaches.
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In 2007 my daughter had a baby and I immediately observed that there was a growing need for mothers arriving home after having a baby. They were in and out of the hospital or birth centers and home rapidly, sometimes missing the necessary beginning bits of education needed to start life with a new baby.
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Breastfeeding came rather easily to me with my first two, but I was a bit puzzled by the conflicting information I would get on breastfeeding and parenting, it just didn't jibe with what I was *feeling* as though I should be doing. My son was the third baby delivered by home birth (perfect birth!) but he couldn't figure out this breastfeeding gig at all.
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I believe the biggest challenges for mothers now is too much information that is readily available but often very conflicting and many times wrong. Much of the information obtained from others (family/friends) is simply their personal experience, not applicable to the individual mother.
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I was able to breastfeed both my daughters and initially, it was a very difficult skill for me to confidently master. Breast pumps and all the associated gear needed for getting back to work were a real shock, that's for sure.
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The best part of the job was being part of this amazing journey and seeing how I could help parents, especially mothers, to make this connection with their babies and succeed, especially in those critical first days, to start the breastfeeding process.
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