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Pocket Guide for Lactation Management
Authors:OVERVIEW
Pocket Guide for Lactation Management, Fourth Edition continues to be an essential resource for new and experienced lactation care providers, midwives, women’s health providers, paediatric care providers and other clinicians who provide care to breastfeeding families. Convenient and easy-to-use, it offers problem solving and counseling strategies for the wide variety of situations commonly encountered by those working with childbearing families. Topics include breastfeeding and public health, the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding for hospitals and birth centres, normal breastfeeding, and addressing challenges from both the mother’s and baby’s perspectives.
The Fourth Edition was updated throughout to reflect the most recent research in lactation care. It also features updates to the section covering the Baby-Friendly steps to incorporate revised global standards published by the World Health Organization & UNICEF in 2018, and updated appendices.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Breastfeeding and Public Health
- Chapter 2 How We Approach Lactation Counseling
- Chapter 3 Normal Breastfeeding
- Chapter 4 The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding for Hospitals and Birth Centers
- Chapter 5 Community Support for Breastfeeding
- Chapter 6 Breast and Nipple Issues
- Chapter 7 Breastfeeding Management Issues
- Chapter 8 Baby Feeding Problems
- Chapter 9 Can She Breastfeed?
- Appendix A The Healthy Children Eight-Level Breastfeeding Counseling Process
- Appendix B Feeding Observation Checklist
- Appendix C Breastfeeding Positions
- Appendix D Alternate Massage/Breast Compression
- Appendix E Protocol for Estimating Breastmilk Transfer
- Appendix F Protocol to Calculate Baby’s Approximate Daily Needs
- Appendix G-1 Table of Daily Breastmilk Volume Requirement Estimates (in Ounces)
- Appendix G-2 Table of Daily Breastmilk Volume Requirement Estimates (in Grams and Milliliters)
- Appendix H-1 Baby Weight Loss Table (lb-oz)
- Appendix H-2 Baby Weight Loss Table (Grams)
- Appendix I Weight Gain Expectations and Infant Elimination Patterns
- Appendix J Protocol for Building a Milk Supply/Relactation
- Appendix K Protocol for Oversupply of Breastmilk
- Appendix L Improving Milk Transfer
- Appendix M Expression of Breastmilk
- Appendix N Feeding Devices
- Appendix O What to Do If an Infant or Child is Mistakenly Fed Another Woman’s Expressed Breast Milk
- Appendix P Handling and Storing Breastmilk
- Appendix Q Contraindications to Breastfeeding
- Appendix R Breastfeeding Goals
- Appendix S Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale
- Appendix T The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
- Appendix U The Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding
- Appendix V Innocenti Declaration on Infant and Young Child Feeding 2005
- Appendix W Glossary
- Appendix X Conversions
- Appendix Y Resources: Helpful Organizations
- Appendix Z Pediatric Warning Signs
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