ABOUT
Dr Briony Andrew
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 Since 2011 she has been working at Mt Barker Hospital as a GP Obstetrician and delivering babies. It has been, and continues to be, a wonderful experience! She loves the continuity of care that GP Obstetrics allows – not just for pregnancy and postnatal care, but also for the whole family.
In 2018 she became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Her interest in lactation began during her obstetric training; however,struggling to feed her own two children made her realise how hard it is to find good, evidence-based advice and support when things are not going well. She has experienced most of the complications of breastfeeding!!
Her current professional passions are obstetrics and mother-baby care during the first year of life. She has completed training in Neuroprotective Developmental Care with the Possums Clinic, giving her expertise in the areas of breastfeeding medicine, infant sleep, unsettled infant behaviour and maternal anxiety and depression. She also enjoys women’s health more broadly. She loves to see mother-baby teams thrive and feels she is expertly placed to give the help that is needed.
Becoming a co-founder of Adelaide Mums and Babies Clinic at Rose Park has fulfilled a career dream of hers. Developing new initiatives to provide support to women and their children, and bringing together a like-minded team of health care professionals, is something she has aspired to for many years.
Dr Rhiannon Smith
Dr Rhiannon Smith was born and raised in Adelaide and graduated with a MBBS from the University of Adelaide in 2007. She then worked in the public hospital system in SA, developing a keen interest in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She went on to gain a RANZCOG Advanced Diploma in Obstetrics through Murray Bridge Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital. Dr Smith achieved fellowship of the RACGP in 2012, winning the SA/NT prize for the clinical examination.
She has a passion for providing quality obstetric and postnatal care for families. Having had a challenging breastfeeding journey with both of her boys, Dr Smith became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She thoroughly enjoys getting to know families and supporting them through a special time in their lives, and understands the needs of new families.
She also is a RACGP examiner and is accredited for implanon and IUD insertion. Dr Smith is the first Adelaide-based health care professional to become accredited in Neurodevelopmental Care of the Infant under Dr Pamela Douglas from the Possums Clinic in Queensland.In her spare time, Dr Smith enjoys spending time with her friends and family, travelling, reading and exercising. She is also quite skilled in online shopping.
Jayne Pigou
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Jayne is an NDC Educator & Provider, a Circle of Security Facilitator, and a mother of two. She graduated from Flinders University in 2013 and is an experienced teacher who has worked in leadership, supporting child and adolescent wellbeing and complex behaviour management.
Originally a patient of Dr Rhiannon's, Jayne knows first hand the difference our approach to parent-baby care can make in the life of a new family. She runs the classes and support groups at Adelaide Mums and Babies Clinic and loves nothing more than seeing the new relationships flourish between group members. She believes strongly that parenting is not meant to be done in isolation - it truly does take a village.Â
She is an advocate for respectful, responsive parenting, a flexible approach to infant sleep, and creating realistic expectations around the challenges of early parenthood.
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