Breastfeeding support with Katinka Lategan

01/08/2025

Happy Breastfeeding week!
Celebrating it with the start of SACLC 1st ever online conference!


South African Certified Lactation Consultants

27/03/2024

What a lovely chat with Jolandi this morning.

09/02/2024

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𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝟏: "𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩! 𝐄𝐤 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 '𝐧 𝐦𝐚"
👋🏼 Is jy 'n nuwe ma, word jy binnekort 'n ma of ken jy dalk iemand wat 'n nuwe ma is?
🎧 Hierdie podcast is vir jou!

LUISTER:
🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4pU96fiBmnX81BLzuL3hCV
🎙️ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../n-ma-n-mikrofoon/id1725509048

'n Ma & 'n Mikrofoon is 'n splinternuwe podcast wat die wêreld van die moderne Afrikaanse ma weerspieël. In die eerste episode praat aanbieder Daniëlla van Heerden (self 'n ma van twee) met Katinka Lategan, ‘n verpleegster by die "Breastfeeding and Baby Clinic".
Ons antwoord van die mees algemene vrae waaroor jy wonder soos:

🍼 Wat het ek alles REGTIG nodig?
🍼 Wanneer weet ek daar's fout met baba? En wat dan?
🍼 Hoe sluit ek my man in?
🍼 Het ek dalk nageboorte depressie?
🍼 Hoekom lyk dit asof ander mammas minder sukkel as ek?
🍼 Hoe vra ek vir hulp?
🍼 Gaan ek ooit weer slaap?

Katinka deel die basiese dinge wat elke nuwe ma moet weet, en gee ook wenke oor hoe om daardie eerste paar weke van jou "nuwe lewe" as mamma, te oorleef.

💬 Wat het jy van die episode gedink? Waaroor kan ons nog 'n episode doen? Laat weet in die comments!

09/02/2024

🌟 Celebrating Pregnancy Awareness Week! 🌟
🤰🤱 Curious about breastfeeding support during pregnancy? A lactation consultant can be your superhero! From learning about latch techniques to offering personalized advice, they're here for you every step of the way. This way you are prepared for when your baby comes and you need to start breastfeeding. 🌈💕

23/11/2022

Baby clicking when feeding, struggling with reflux, painful feeding. Please read this post.

New blogpost!

Read all about my thoughts on infant clicking here: https://drghaheri.squarespace.com/blog/2022/11/20/infant-clicking

19/10/2022

22/09/2022

This is how you can prevent breast cancer:

🚭 Don't smoke
🍔 Control your weight
🍷 Limit or avoid alcohol
🤱 Breastfeed
🏃‍♀️ Be physically active
☢️ Avoid exposure to radiations

22/08/2022

Help premature babies survive the first few critical days of life by donating your breastmilk. Sign up to donate here _-----------> https://www.sabr.org.za/register.html?memberGroupID=2

19/08/2022

This video for those who want to get to know the real me! Join on instagram to get to know the rest of our team!

24/07/2022

When should you consider doing a frenotomy?

I get asked this question all the time. I have some fairly simple responses that I hope make sense.

1) I recommend a frenotomy when the symptoms associated with NOT doing the frenotomy are worse. Keep in mind that this includes any aftercare wound management. In my hands, doing a frenotomy on an infant takes about 10-15 seconds. But because I demand a wound aftercare protocol that is intensive, that has to be considered as a very important piece of the puzzle. How does this translate? Well, if a tongue tie is identified but overall feeding symptoms aren’t severe, it’s not unreasonable to keep an eye on things rather than jumping to a procedure.

2) I recommend a frenotomy when non-surgical options have failed. Infant feeding problems are multifactorial and can include things that have nothing to do with a tongue tie. This is why I demand the evaluation and treatment by an IBCLC before I even allow an appointment to be made. In most cases, surgery for tongue tie should not be the first option (the exception is a baby with an obvious anterior tongue tie).

3) I do NOT recommend a procedure to prevent future problems (again, the exception being an obvious anterior tongue tie). To put a family through an extensive aftercare protocol for a symptom that hasn’t shown up yet OR will never show up makes no sense at all. The existing scientific literature does not support prophylactic treatment of tongue ties.

4) If I am treating an obvious anterior tongue tie and symptoms aren’t horrible, I will consider doing a simple anterior release (like most people do as their standard/only option). When I do this, there’s no wound so there’s no aftercare. That being said, I’m leaving that baby with a residual posterior tongue tie. I inform parents of this anatomy because some babies need the remainder released to improve feeding in infancy. If the conservative release helps contemporary feeding problems, I still tell the parents to be on the lookout for possible future issues and to return for reevaluation.

I hope this helps!