Practical Management of the Mother-Infant Nursing Couple
Management of lactation begins with understanding the physiologic process of suckling and the physiologic process involved in latching on to the breast. For thousands of years, women fed their young…
Reproductive Function During Lactation
Complete and in-depth discussion of contraception during breastfeeding is provided in the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol #13, recently revised by two of the Academy’s most knowledgeable members on the…
The Collection and Storage of Human Milk and Human Milk Banking
Breast milk expression has become a very common practice. Although it is associated with maternal employment, it is also associated with the desire to make it possible for someone else…
Breastfeeding Health Supervision
Courtesy Alison Stuebe, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Courtesy Alison Stuebe, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University…
Premature Infants and Breastfeeding
Premature Infants The data are overwhelming. Even the most reluctant of neonatologists have accepted the tremendous importance of human milk to all infants large and small. Research in the science…
Manual Expression of Breast Milk
A health care professional should be familiar with the technique of manual expression and be able to diagnose improper technique. Technique All breastfeeding women should be familiar with the basic…
Protocol 2: Guidelines for Hospital Discharge of the Breastfeeding Term Newborn and Mother: “The Going Home Protocol”
A central goal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success. These protocols serve only as…
Protocol 1: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocols Guidelines for Blood Glucose Monitoring and Treatment of Hypoglycemia in Term and Late-Preterm Neonates
A central goal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success. These protocols serve only as…
Educating and Training the Medical Professional
The 1984 Surgeon General’s Workshop on Breastfeeding and Human Lactation was the first national meeting to focus exclusively on breastfeeding. The breastfeeding strategies developed at that workshop are still being…
