Dr Pamela Douglas is an Australian GP and an international leader in the care of parents and babies. She is a writer and researcher, with special interest in perinatal mental health and breastfeeding medicine. Her groundbreaking work is detailed in 30 international research publications and in her bestselling The Discontented Little Baby Book. Dr Douglas is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Griffith University, and a Senior Lecturer in the Primary Care Clinical Unit at The University of Queensland. She lives in Brisbane, Queensland, and has six adult children and stepchildren, and many grandchildren.