Monica is an experienced Midwife and Nurse who has worked within a number of midwifery models of care both in Australia and the UK over the last 40 years. Following Midwifery training in Scotland in 1991, Monica has gained post graduate qualifications including a Graduate Diploma and Master of Midwifery. She has also completed Prescribing for Midwives and is accredited as an Endorsed Midwife. She has been a IBCLC Lactation Consultant for 24 years, an inaugural Director and now Honorary Life Member of Lactation Consultants Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ). She was on the board of Australian Society of Tongue and Lip Tie (ASTLiT) and past president of ACTLACT.
Monica works part-time as a Clinical Midwifery Educator and a practitioner in the Tongue Tie clinic for Canberra Health Services. She also has a private practice providing midwifery and lactation care for mothers and babies.
Monica has been working in roles supporting mothers and babies with tongue tie since 1999 and was a principal investigator in the first RCT on tongue tie. Currently Monica is undertaking her PhD in tongue tie research at the Australian National University.
Experience
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–presentPhD student, ANU College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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2012–presentClinical Midwife Educator, Canberra Health Services
Education
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2021International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners , International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
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2018Griffith University Brisbane, Prescribing for Midwives
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2017Charles Sturt University , Master of Midwifery
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2016International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
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2011International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners , International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
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2005International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners , International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
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2000International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners , International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
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1998University of Technology Sydney , Graduate Diploma of Midwifery
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1993Lothian College of Nursing and Midiwfery , Registered Midwife
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1986Princess Alexandra Hospital Brisbane, Registered Nurse
Publications
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2023Breastfeeding Review, . Is tongue-tie release in the newborn an increasing problem? A retrospective study of tongue-tie cases at an Australian tertiary hospital
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2018Breastfeeding Review, Tongue tie Division in the Newborn: Follow-up at 9 and 38 month
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2018J Paediatrics and Child Health, Tongue tie Division in the Newborn: Follow-up at 9 and 38 month
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2016Breastfeeding Review, , Tongue ties in newborns: Follow up at 1-2 weeks and 3-5 months
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2015Breastfeeding Review, Tongue ties in newborns at the Centenary Hospital Canberra in 2008 and 2011
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2013J Paediatrics and Child Health, Assessing well babies: A midwifery program
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2007Obstetrics & Gynaecology , Breastfeeding and breastmilk: Vital for our species
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2006J Paediatrics and Child Health, The use of cranial osteopathy in the treatment of feeding dysfunction: a case report
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2005J Paediatrics and Child Health, Randomized controlled trial of division of tongue-tie in infants with feeding problems
Professional Memberships
- Lactation Consultants Australia & New Zealand Life Member
- Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Australasian Society for Tethered Oral Tissue
- Article Feed
- U7674551@anu.edu.au
- ORCID
- Joined
