Lisa Amir
@lisahamir.bsky.social
Research Professor at the Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Editor-in-Chief, International Breastfeeding Journal
Editor-in-Chief, International Breastfeeding Journal
He was always so kind and supportive. Here we are at WONCA conference in Sydney in 2023
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
He was always so kind and supportive. Here we are at WONCA conference in Sydney in 2023
Time for some art- dropped into Geelong Gallery to see Archibald prize finalists. This one caught my eye! 🤱🏻
October 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Time for some art- dropped into Geelong Gallery to see Archibald prize finalists. This one caught my eye! 🤱🏻
I have a painting I commissioned:
"This is mastitis"
Artist: Leanne Pearce
(My family don't like it, but I love it!)
"This is mastitis"
Artist: Leanne Pearce
(My family don't like it, but I love it!)
October 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I have a painting I commissioned:
"This is mastitis"
Artist: Leanne Pearce
(My family don't like it, but I love it!)
"This is mastitis"
Artist: Leanne Pearce
(My family don't like it, but I love it!)
Our new article continuing discussion abt breastfeeding pain.
"Educating breastfeeding women and healthcare personnel about the biopsychosocial nature of pain may empower women to better navigate the challenges of breastfeeding and improve breastfeeding outcomes."
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...
"Educating breastfeeding women and healthcare personnel about the biopsychosocial nature of pain may empower women to better navigate the challenges of breastfeeding and improve breastfeeding outcomes."
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...
October 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Our new article continuing discussion abt breastfeeding pain.
"Educating breastfeeding women and healthcare personnel about the biopsychosocial nature of pain may empower women to better navigate the challenges of breastfeeding and improve breastfeeding outcomes."
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...
"Educating breastfeeding women and healthcare personnel about the biopsychosocial nature of pain may empower women to better navigate the challenges of breastfeeding and improve breastfeeding outcomes."
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...
Looks similar to our rental car, "Georgia", who got us from Albuquerque, thru Utah and Arizona, to Joshua Tree (in photo) and LAX, last year.
October 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Looks similar to our rental car, "Georgia", who got us from Albuquerque, thru Utah and Arizona, to Joshua Tree (in photo) and LAX, last year.
Congratulations to everyone involved in updating this!
WHO's Infant and young child feeding: Model chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals
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WHO's Infant and young child feeding: Model chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals
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October 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Congratulations to everyone involved in updating this!
WHO's Infant and young child feeding: Model chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals
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WHO's Infant and young child feeding: Model chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals
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Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ) conference coming soon to Canberra!
Anita Moorhead is presenting our international mastitis audit:
"Management of Mastitis in the Hospital Setting" on 17 Oct.
Published recently in J Hum Lact.
leishman.eventsair.com/lcanz-2025/p...
Anita Moorhead is presenting our international mastitis audit:
"Management of Mastitis in the Hospital Setting" on 17 Oct.
Published recently in J Hum Lact.
leishman.eventsair.com/lcanz-2025/p...
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ) conference coming soon to Canberra!
Anita Moorhead is presenting our international mastitis audit:
"Management of Mastitis in the Hospital Setting" on 17 Oct.
Published recently in J Hum Lact.
leishman.eventsair.com/lcanz-2025/p...
Anita Moorhead is presenting our international mastitis audit:
"Management of Mastitis in the Hospital Setting" on 17 Oct.
Published recently in J Hum Lact.
leishman.eventsair.com/lcanz-2025/p...
Happy to share first paper from collab project in Croatia:
"Maternal physical health and breastfeeding problems in Croatia: national online survey of new mothers"
#OpenAccess #MaternalHealth #Breastfeeding
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Maternal physical health and breastfeeding problems in Croatia: national online survey of new mothers"
#OpenAccess #MaternalHealth #Breastfeeding
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Happy to share first paper from collab project in Croatia:
"Maternal physical health and breastfeeding problems in Croatia: national online survey of new mothers"
#OpenAccess #MaternalHealth #Breastfeeding
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Maternal physical health and breastfeeding problems in Croatia: national online survey of new mothers"
#OpenAccess #MaternalHealth #Breastfeeding
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Oops, axillary lymph nodes on the move here!
Another AI anatomy fail!
Another AI anatomy fail!
September 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Oops, axillary lymph nodes on the move here!
Another AI anatomy fail!
Another AI anatomy fail!
Emily Callender presents confronting data showing increasing costs for maternal health with worsening outcomes. One reason is fewer low risk women: 10% drop in 6 years! 71% to 61%
September 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Emily Callender presents confronting data showing increasing costs for maternal health with worsening outcomes. One reason is fewer low risk women: 10% drop in 6 years! 71% to 61%
Here’s my poster showing case study of woman who we supported to breastfeed while taking clozapine. With Dr Anna Tottman, neonatologist at Royal Women’s Hospital. Baby had monthly blood test for FBE and clozapine level
September 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Here’s my poster showing case study of woman who we supported to breastfeed while taking clozapine. With Dr Anna Tottman, neonatologist at Royal Women’s Hospital. Baby had monthly blood test for FBE and clozapine level
Sarah Kruse presents results from her PhD on co-sleeping. Most parents don’t plan to do it, and often feel judged by health professionals. We need to be more supportive!
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Sarah Kruse presents results from her PhD on co-sleeping. Most parents don’t plan to do it, and often feel judged by health professionals. We need to be more supportive!
Yes, my 4 yr old grandson told me it's Guling and here's his wattle drawing 😀
August 25, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Yes, my 4 yr old grandson told me it's Guling and here's his wattle drawing 😀
One of the speakers at the Breastfeeding Medicine Network ANZ today mentioned how they love the Victorian Breastfeeding Guidelines.
It's been a while since Anita Moorhead and I updated the Vic Guidelines and launched at the Royal Women's Hospital during WBW 2014!
tinyurl.com/pv5x3a9f
It's been a while since Anita Moorhead and I updated the Vic Guidelines and launched at the Royal Women's Hospital during WBW 2014!
tinyurl.com/pv5x3a9f
August 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
One of the speakers at the Breastfeeding Medicine Network ANZ today mentioned how they love the Victorian Breastfeeding Guidelines.
It's been a while since Anita Moorhead and I updated the Vic Guidelines and launched at the Royal Women's Hospital during WBW 2014!
tinyurl.com/pv5x3a9f
It's been a while since Anita Moorhead and I updated the Vic Guidelines and launched at the Royal Women's Hospital during WBW 2014!
tinyurl.com/pv5x3a9f
July 2025 update for #IntBreastfeedJ
We published 8 articles w authors from 13 countries: Australia, Afghanistan, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA, & Vietnam
Most recent: QI project improved bf at 4 m for mod-late preterm infants tinyurl.com/36xaxef9
We published 8 articles w authors from 13 countries: Australia, Afghanistan, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA, & Vietnam
Most recent: QI project improved bf at 4 m for mod-late preterm infants tinyurl.com/36xaxef9
August 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
July 2025 update for #IntBreastfeedJ
We published 8 articles w authors from 13 countries: Australia, Afghanistan, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA, & Vietnam
Most recent: QI project improved bf at 4 m for mod-late preterm infants tinyurl.com/36xaxef9
We published 8 articles w authors from 13 countries: Australia, Afghanistan, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA, & Vietnam
Most recent: QI project improved bf at 4 m for mod-late preterm infants tinyurl.com/36xaxef9
Bianca Blanch representing Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University at the INNATE conference, UWS, in Sydney today
"Birth trauma and breastfeeding: A scoping review"
#WBW2025
"Birth trauma and breastfeeding: A scoping review"
#WBW2025
August 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Bianca Blanch representing Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University at the INNATE conference, UWS, in Sydney today
"Birth trauma and breastfeeding: A scoping review"
#WBW2025
"Birth trauma and breastfeeding: A scoping review"
#WBW2025
Mothers speak about long-term use of pasteurized donor human milk, from Ying Jin in New Zealand, as we get ready for #WorldBreastfeedingWeek
#WBW2025
go.nature.com/40TuUQ7
#WBW2025
go.nature.com/40TuUQ7
July 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Mothers speak about long-term use of pasteurized donor human milk, from Ying Jin in New Zealand, as we get ready for #WorldBreastfeedingWeek
#WBW2025
go.nature.com/40TuUQ7
#WBW2025
go.nature.com/40TuUQ7
Update for #IntBreastfeedJ for June 2025
5 articles with authors from 8 countries:
Australia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkiye and Qatar
Karen Hawke et al interviewed Aboriginal women in South Australia - breastfeeding is often hard, but not always!
tinyurl.com/yycnjmk6
5 articles with authors from 8 countries:
Australia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkiye and Qatar
Karen Hawke et al interviewed Aboriginal women in South Australia - breastfeeding is often hard, but not always!
tinyurl.com/yycnjmk6
July 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Update for #IntBreastfeedJ for June 2025
5 articles with authors from 8 countries:
Australia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkiye and Qatar
Karen Hawke et al interviewed Aboriginal women in South Australia - breastfeeding is often hard, but not always!
tinyurl.com/yycnjmk6
5 articles with authors from 8 countries:
Australia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkiye and Qatar
Karen Hawke et al interviewed Aboriginal women in South Australia - breastfeeding is often hard, but not always!
tinyurl.com/yycnjmk6
Congratulations Emma! 💐
First PhD paper!
#Breastfeeding and #Visual-Impairment
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
First PhD paper!
#Breastfeeding and #Visual-Impairment
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 2, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Congratulations Emma! 💐
First PhD paper!
#Breastfeeding and #Visual-Impairment
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
First PhD paper!
#Breastfeeding and #Visual-Impairment
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Bar et al., Sci. Adv. 11, eadr7922 (2025)
Fig. 3. Postpartum recovery times of tests range between days and a year.
Fig. 3. Postpartum recovery times of tests range between days and a year.
June 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Bar et al., Sci. Adv. 11, eadr7922 (2025)
Fig. 3. Postpartum recovery times of tests range between days and a year.
Fig. 3. Postpartum recovery times of tests range between days and a year.
Another thought @meghanazad.bsky.social - could we look at procalcitonin in breastmilk?
It's used as a marker for bacterial infection.
Could it differentiate btwn inflammation and infection in the breast?
#mastitis #milk
It's used as a marker for bacterial infection.
Could it differentiate btwn inflammation and infection in the breast?
#mastitis #milk
June 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Another thought @meghanazad.bsky.social - could we look at procalcitonin in breastmilk?
It's used as a marker for bacterial infection.
Could it differentiate btwn inflammation and infection in the breast?
#mastitis #milk
It's used as a marker for bacterial infection.
Could it differentiate btwn inflammation and infection in the breast?
#mastitis #milk