Sarah had to Google how to breastfeed when her council slashed maternal and child health nurse visits

When Sarah Wendelborn took her five-day-old baby Matilda home from the hospital after giving birth, she was struggling to breastfeed, and concerned her baby had jaundice.Two councils in outer-west Melbourne have slashed regular check ups for babies older than eight weeksThe councils say the problem is funding and a lack of staff

"I was going to pay for a lactation consultant, but they're over $200 a session and my husband had lost his job, so we couldn't do that at that time," she said.Sarah and Matilda are thriving now: Matilda is learning to roll over and Sarah says she has lots of family support around. Most Victorian parents get free regular check-ups with a council nurse for the first three-and-a-half years of their child's life.However, in the growth areas of Wyndham and Melton, in Melbourne's outer-west, the local councils cannot say when babies older than eight weeks will get a visit.

"The issues missed are the developmental delay, the autism spectrum disorder, the child is 18 months not walking and the mother thinks: 'OK, that's still fine'," he said.

Messed up.

So much for maternal instinct

The support around this is plentiful. Another non-issue-made-issue, in this bored, privileged country.

My goodness how did ppl manage before internet

Didn’t even know councils provided nursing services. Thought they just did parks roads bins and wasted money

OzBreastfeeding is there for everyone, everywhere in Australia. Not part of the local council.

😓 that visit is vital for a new mom.

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