Kelly - I'm more than happy for you to use anything I said here; good on you for presenting to Parliament, sounds fantastic, can you let us know how it goes?

A key thing to me personally that I would want to reiterate is that its important for nurses and others involved in the week after birth to layer on the positive reinforcement, helping mums feel proud of their breastfeeding accomplishments. I felt even a tiny amount of criticism of breastfeeding success in the first week could be detrimental as you are so exhausted and emotionally vulnerable that it makes you feel like a failure to be told you're not doing it right.