Alison Blenkinsop

by Alison Blenkinsop
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Alison Blenkinsop (nee Fookes) is a songwriter, musician, and member of Lactation Consultants of Great Britain.

Alison Blenkinsop (nee Fookes), a former Kingston Hospital midwife and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, has written a book to celebrate the lighter side of breastfeeding and motherhood.It includes stories, cartoons and images from around the world, and many songs which Alison has written.She hopes to get people laughing at the same time as becoming more aware of the importance of breastfeeding, and also to raise funds for Baby Milk Action.This organisation exists to protect breastfeeding and protect babies fed on formula milk, by the adoption of international standards in infant food production.

Alison was a lead midwife for breastfeeding promotion at Kingston until 2001.She then moved to Aldershot, and worked as Infant Feeding Adviser at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals Trust in Chertsey for five years.She now helps mothers privately with breastfeeding, plays the piano for choral groups and exams, and is a pastoral assistant at her parish church.She is delighted that Kingston's Maternity Unit is now on its way to becoming accredited by the Baby Friendly Initiative.
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Alison can be contacted through her website www.linkable.biz and by email on aliblenk@hotmail.com.

Alison Blenkinsop, RM, DipHe, IBCLC and Infant Feeding Advisor

"After 6 weeks of problems with breastfeeding my first baby, including sore nipples, mastitis and thrush, I contacted Alison for help.She came to my house to see me the very next day and helped me sort out the problem of incorrect attachment.She helped my baby to gain a deeper latch and straight away breastfeeding began to improve.She taught me about biological nurturing, which was the most amazing breastfeeding experience.It finally allowed my baby to learn how to suckle properly and brought tears of happiness to my eyes.Alison has been an invaluable source of information since the initial visit and has really helped me to continue solve problems as they have arisen, including advice on the introduction of solid food at six months.I wanted to avoid formula completely because of a family history of allergies and Alison helped me do that.

Alison Blenkinsop

This lighthearted look at breastfeeding and motherhood is not an official LCGB publication, but has been written by an LCGB member, Alison Blenkinsop, to raise funds for Baby Milk Action.

Alison Blenkinsop
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My own interest in this subject was nurtured by Dora Henschel OBE during my midwifery training in 1974, and developed during 13 years in Pakistan (Blenkinsop, 1997) and my return to midwifery practice in England.
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For example, I learned more about the consequences of aggressive marketing of breast milk substitutes in developing countries (Rundall, 1996), which I had already witnessed in Pakistan (Blenkinsop, 1997).
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Alison Blenkinsop and friend David Bradley
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LCGB secretary: Alison Blenkinsop aliblenk@hotmail.com International Lactation Consultants Association www.ilca.org
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Alison Blenkinsop RN RM DipHE IBCLC is a Joint Infant Feeding Advisor at St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey

Alison Blenkinsop, IBCLCInfant feeding adviser

Alison Blenkinsop

Little Bear who Sucked his Thumb

by Alison Blenkinsop
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My good friend and Lactation Consultant Alison has just given birth to her latest project after a long and sometimes arduous road.
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Lastly I would like to thank my dear friend Alison Blenkinsop who invited me to attend and encouraged me to become an associate member of the LCGB (I thought only certified lactation consultant were eligible).So I am now officially an associate member.Here is the proof (see picture) that after four years Alison and I finally got to meet in person.
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Photo of Alison Blenkinsop with Sharon
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Alison Blenkinsop and Sharon

Alison Blenkinsop