Douglas, Pamela Sylvia
Perrella, Sharon Lisa
Geddes, Donna Tracy
Article History
Received: 10 February 2021
Accepted: 6 December 2021
First Online: 1 February 2022
Declarations
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: Ethics approval was obtained from the Human Ethics Committee of The University of Western Australia, and signed consent was obtained from each participant. The ethics approval number is RA/4/1/7863. Informed consent was obtained from the mothers for themselves and their infants to participate in ultrasound analysis before and after a gestalt intervention, including informed consent for publication of identifying information and images in an online open-access publication.
: The authors consent to publication. Informed signed consent was obtained from the mothers for themselves and their infants to participate in ultrasound analysis before and after a gestalt intervention, including informed signed consent for publication of identifying information and images in an online open-access publication.
: Dr. Pamela Douglas is Medical Director of a registered health promotion charity Possums for Mothers and Babies (also known as Possums & Co.). The charity’s website ExternalRef removed sells a gestalt breastfeeding online self-help program. All revenue is returned to the development of education programs and research.Professor Donna Geddes holds a full-time research only position at Geddes Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group, The University of Western Australia, which receives funding from Medela AG, Singapore A Star and NH&MRC. Dr. Sharon Perrella is a part-time post-doctoral research fellow in the Geddes Hartmann Human Lactation Research Group, The University of Western Australia.