cover image - Successful Breastfeeding - Paegburst eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780702063961
Copyright: 2002
Publication Date: 09-03-2001
Page Count: 178
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
List Price: $22.99

Successful Breastfeeding - Paegburst eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition

by Royal College of Midwives

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Successful Breastfeeding - Paegburst eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780702063961
Copyright: 2002
Publication Date: 09-03-2001
Page Count: 178
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
List Price: $22.99
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The new edition of this best selling handbook has been written to help midwives and other health professionals provide more effective advice and support for the breastfeeding women in their care. It offers clear, research-based, and effective guidelines to answer such questions as:
  • Why breastfeed?
  • How does a baby breastfeed?
  • How long and how often should feeds occur?
  • What is the correct positioning and attachment of the baby?
  • What factors are helpful or unhelpful in breastfeeding?
  • What other antenatal and postnatal considerations are there?
  • What if there are problems or special circumstances?
    • The third edition of Successful Breastfeeding has been compiled by the breastfeeding working group at the Royal College of Midwives, which comprises Sally Inch, Chloe Fisher, Sally Garforth, Ellena Salariya and Michael Woolridge, with contributions by Jean Rowe and Margaret Kerr.
    • Easy to access and easy to read a guide which gives immediate help and advice
      • Up to date with research and developments in this field a safe and helpful guide for health professionals
    • Authoritative has the backing of the Royal College of Midwives and draws directly on the knowledge and understanding of the most experienced professionals in this field.
  • Updated throughout with the latest research
  • Preface. Introduction. The background. Why breastfeed? Understanding how a baby breastfeeds. Duration and frequency of feeds. Correct positioning and attachment of the baby at the breast. Factors that have been shown to help. Factors that have been shown to be unhelpful. Protecting breastfeeding. Antenatal and postnatal considerations. Notes on less common problems. Breastfeeding under special circumstances. Appendix 1: The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. Appendix 2: Voluntary organisations. Appendix 3: Breastfeeding initiatives in the UK. Appendix 4: Further reading. Appendix 5: Health benefits of breastfeeding. Index.
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