You might be an adult physician, either general or specialist, an obstetrician, an anaesthetist, a surgeon, a psychiatrist, a radiologist or work in an emergency department. You might be an allied health professional working across the hospital. These pages cover:

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• Medication during lactation (including anaesthetics and contrast)

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• Special considerations when a lactating parent is admitted to hospital

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• Obstetric complications that affect lactation

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• Breastfeeding/chestfeeding when the mother has a disability

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• Breastfeeding/chestfeeding and obesity or PCOS

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• Mental health and breastfeeding/chestfeeding

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• Maternal contraindications to breastfeeding/chestfeeding

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If you are a GP or work in a community setting, please go our sister site, the GP Infant Feeding Network

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The Australian resource for doctors, "LactaMap" is also very comprehensive