Jacquie Nutt, work as a lactation consultant, Part 2 - Manawatu Conversations

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Description: Part 2 of 2 Jacquie Nutt described growing up in Zimbabwe before moving to South Africa in 2000.
Her daughter’s serious illness inspired her to rethink life and pursue lactation work.
She became a lactation consultant after discovering a passion for helping mothers.
In Cape Town she helped create the Milk Matters human milk bank network.
The service eventually supported 30 to 40 hospitals around the Cape Town region.
Later she moved to New Zealand and helped establish another milk bank.
Her New Zealand milk bank became the first in the North Island.
She explained how donor milk supports premature and vulnerable babies.
Jacquie strongly supports keeping mothers and babies together after birth.
She said New Zealand hospitals are generally very supportive of breastfeeding.
The interview discussed formula feeding, donor milk and breastfeeding education.
Jacquie also described how milk supply changes as babies grow and develop.