PhD(Dist) RN RM IBCLC

Sharon is a registered nurse and midwife with qualifications in paediatrics, child health and neonatal intensive care nursing. She is a former voluntary Australian Breastfeeding Association breastfeeding counsellor, qualifying as an international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) in 2008 when studying towards her doctorate with the Geddes Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group at UWA. Sharon leads the lactation care team and breastfeeding research at WOBS.

Sharon’s special interests include:

• Planning for and supporting breastfeeding after a difficult previous experience.
• Pregnancy complications and breastfeeding.
• Breastfeeding after discharge from the neonatal nursery.
• Low milk supply.
• Oversupply.