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Forum on Breastfeeding Awareness at Normah

KUCHING: Normah Medical Specialist Centre extends an open invitation to the public for its one-day Breastfeeding Awareness Public Health Forum on August 5th. The forum, aimed at promoting breastfeeding awareness, will take place at the Normah Auditorium, Level 4, Outpatient Clinic from 8:30 am to 12 pm. In collaboration with Breastfeeding Awareness Day, the event […]

Breastfeeding: Ministry eyes more workplace nurseries

SIBU: Women, Early Childhood, and Community Well-being Development Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said ten workplace nurseries have been established in the state. She said in complementing the Ministry of Health’s efforts on promoting, protecting, and supporting breastfeeding her ministry had been actively encouraging government or private departments to create nurseries in the workplace. According […]

There is hope in cookies

When breastfeeding moms lose hope in their supply, they turn to lactation cookies containing galactogogues to increase milk production. Understanding this, Milky Bomb baker Lily Siao developed her own lactation cookies for mothers in Kuching, Sarawak, and throughout Malaysia to have one last hope of providing nutritious milk to their babies. Increasing milk supply with […]

Don’t deny pregnant, breastfeeding mums jab

KUCHING: The authorities have been reminded not to deny pregnant and breastfeeding mothers especially those who are healthcare workers from getting the Covid-19 vaccine. Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Obstetrics and Gynaecology registrar Dr Abigail Rembui Jerip said it is unethical to deny at-risk expectant and lactating mothers to the vaccine, as it is their rights […]

Vaccine safe for pregnant, breastfeeding mums

KUCHING: There is no reason to think that the vaccine will not protect pregnant and breastfeeding women from Covid-19, said associate professor Dr Helmy Hazmi. The Public Health Physician of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) also pointed out there was no reason to think that the vaccine will have severe side effects on pregnant and breastfeeding […]

Don’t deny vaccine to pregnant, breastfeeding women

KUCHING: Pregnant and breastfeeding women must be allowed to get the Covid-19 vaccine if they want to, said Sarawak General Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology registrar Dr Abigail Rembui Jerip.  “I think pregnant and breastfeeding mothers should be allowed to be vaccinated. The move by the Ministry of Health (MoH) further fuels unnecessary and baseless fear […]

Not for pregnant and breastfeeding women

KUCHING: Despite the relatively low risk, pregnant and breastfeeding women are advised to defer taking the Covid-19 vaccine first unless they are taking part in the vaccine trial. Dr Tan Cheng Siang, a virologist at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), said the risk of developing severe Covid-19 was clear, […]

Discuss with doctors first

KUCHING: Pregnant and breastfeeding women are advised to discuss with their doctors whether they should take the Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, said Dr Siti Fairousz Ibrahim, a medical microbiologist of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas). Although the World Health Organisation (WHO) had highly recommended breastfeeding women from the high-risk groups like frontliners to take the vaccine, she […]

Yes, it is best for pregnant and breastfeeding women to wait

KUCHING: It is best for pregnant and breastfeeding women to follow the advice of experts to wait until there is clear data on the use of the Covid-19 vaccine, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Minister of Welfare, Community, Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development said in the meantime, it was important for other members […]

Pregnant, breastfeeding women advised to defer vaccination

KUALA LUMPUR: Pregnant and breastfeeding women are advised to defer taking the Covid-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to avoid any possible side effects. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Medical Microbiology lecturer Associate Professor Dr Niazlin Mohd Taib said this is because there was currently no clinical evidence to support the use of the vaccine among the group. “Pregnant […]