Written and edited by leading physicians, Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 9th Edition, offers comprehensive, dependable information and guidance in this multifaceted field. Award-winning author and co-founder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Dr. Ruth Lawrence, and her son, Dr. Rob Lawrence, ensure that you’re brought fully up to date on everything from basic data on the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, nutritional, immunological, and psychological aspects of human lactation, to the problems of clinical management of breastfeeding—all in a highly readable, easily accessible desk reference.
Helps you make appropriate drug recommendations, treat conditions associated with breastfeeding, and provide thoughtful guidance to the breastfeeding mother according to her circumstances, problems, and lifestyle.
Includes numerous charts and tables throughout, with an emphasis on the scientific, chemical, and physiological underpinnings of breastfeeding. Appendices contain additional charts and tables, including the complete collection of clinical protocols on breastfeeding and human milk from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.
Features new chapters on breast conditions and their management in the breastfeeding mother, breastfeeding and chest-feeding for LGBTQ+ families, breastfeeding during disasters, and establishing a breastfeeding practice or academic department.
Provides significant updates on physiology and biochemistry of lactation; medications and herbal preparations in breast milk; transmission of infectious disease through breast milk; allergy and its relationship with breastfeeding, exposure, and avoidance; premature infants and breastfeeding; and practical management of the mother-infant nursing couple.
Offers authoritative and fresh perspectives from new associate editors: neonatologist Dr. Larry Noble, obstetrician Dr. Alison Stuebe, and pediatrician and lactation specialist Dr. Casey Rosen-Carole.
Covers patient-centered counseling, the cellular composition of human breast milk, microbiota of the breast and human milk, and the multifunctional roles of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs).
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Any screen, Any time, Anywhere - p. iii 5. Title page - p. IFC1 6. Copyright - p. IFC1 7. Dedication - p. iv 8. List of Contributors - p. v 9. Foreword from the Eighth Edition - p. v 10. Preface - p. ix 11. Contents - p. xii 12. List of Illustrations - p. xii 13. List of Tables - p. xii 14. Chapter 1: Breastfeeding in a New Era - p. xii 15. Chapter 2: Anatomy of the Breast - p. 37 16. Chapter 3: Physiology of Lactation - p. 57 17. Chapter 4: Biochemistry of Human Milk - p. 92 18. Chapter 5: Host-Resistance Factors and Immunologic Significance of Human Milk - p. 144 19. Chapter 6: Population Health and Informed Feeding Decisions - p. 192 20. Chapter 7: Practical Management of the Nursing “Dyad” - p. 205 21. Chapter 8: Maternal Nutrition and Supplements for Mother and Infant - p. 246 22. Chapter 9: Weaning - p. 277 23. Chapter 10: Normal Growth, Growth Faltering, and Obesity in Breastfed Infants - p. 297 24. Chapter 11: Medications, Herbal Preparations, and Natural Products in Breast Milk - p. 325 25. Chapter 12: Transmission of Infectious Diseases Through Breast Milk and Breastfeeding - p. 392 26. Chapter 13: Breastfeeding Infants With Problems - p. 456 27. Chapter 14: Premature Infants and Breastfeeding - p. 501 28. Chapter 15: Medical Complications of Mothers - p. 545 29. Chapter 16: Breast Conditions in the Breastfeeding Mother - p. 571 30. Chapter 17: Human Milk and Atopic Disease - p. 593 31. Chapter 18: Breastfeeding and Return to Work or School - p. 610 32. Chapter 19: Induced Lactation and Relactation (Including Nursing an Adopted Baby) and Cross-Nursing - p. 627 33. Chapter 20: Chestfeeding and Lactation Care for LGBTQ+ Families (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus) - p. 645 34. Chapter 21: Reproductive Function During Lactation - p. 650 35. Chapter 22: The Collection and Storage of Human Milk and Human Milk Banking - p. 661 36. Chapter 23: Infant Feeding After a Disaster - p. 694 37. Chapter 24: Establishing a Breastfeeding Medicine Practice or Academic Department - p. 703 38. Chapter 25: Breastfeeding Support Groups and Community Resources - p. 709 39. Chapter 26: Educating and Training Medical Professionals - p. 718 40. Appendices - p. 726 41. Composition of Human Milk - p. 726 42. Normal Serum Values for Breastfed Infants - p. 730 43. Herbals and Natural Products - p. 732 44. Precautions and Breastfeeding Recommendations for Selected Maternal Infections - p. 737 45. Manual Expression of Breast Milk - p. 753 46. Measurements of Weight Loss and Growth in Breastfed Infants - p. 755 47. Organizations Supporting Breastfeeding and Promoting Lactation Knowledge - p. 760 48. Breastfeeding Health Supervision - p. 767 49. ABM Clinical Protocol #1: Guidelines for Blood Glucose Monitoring and Treatment of Hypoglycemia in Term and Late-Preterm Neonates, Revised 2014 - p. 781 50. ABM Clinical Protocol #2: Guidelines for Hospital Discharge of the Breastfeeding Term Newborn and Mother: “The Going Home Protocol,” Revised 2014 - p. 789 51. ABM Clinical Protocol #3: Supplementary Feedings in the Healthy Term Breastfed Neonate, Revised 2017 - p. 795 52. ABM Clinical Protocol #4: Mastitis, Revised March 2014 - p. 806 53. ABM Clinical Protocol #5: Peripartum Breastfeeding Management for the Healthy Mother and Infant at Term, Revision 2013 - p. 811 54. Bedsharing and Breastfeeding: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol #6, Revision 2019 - p. 817 55. ABM Clinical Protocol #7: Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding - p. 829 56. ABM Clinical Protocol #8: Human Milk Storage Information for Home Use for Full-Term Infants, Revised 2017 - p. 846 57. ABM Clinical Protocol #9: Use of Galactagogues in Initiating or Augmenting Maternal Milk Production, Second Revision 2018 - p. 852 58. ABM Clinical Protocol #10: Breastfeeding the Late Preterm (34–36 6/7 Weeks of Gestation) and Early Term Infants (37–38 6/7 Weeks of Gestation), Second Revision 2016 - p. 861 59. ABM Clinical Protocol #11: Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Neonatal Ankyloglossia and Its Complications in the Breastfeeding Dyad - p. 869 60. ABM Clinical Protocol #12: Transitioning the Breastfeeding Preterm Infant from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Home, Revised 2018 - p. 873 61. ABM Clinical Protocol #13: Contraception During Breastfeeding, Revised 2015 - p. 881 62. ABM Clinical Protocol #14: Breastfeeding-Friendly Physician’s Office: Optimizing Care for Infants and Children, Revised 2013 - p. 891 63. ABM Clinical Protocol #15: Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother, Revised 2017 - p. 898 64. ABM Clinical Protocol #16: Breastfeeding the Hypotonic Infant, Revision 2016 - p. 905 65. ABM Clinical Protocol #17: Guidelines for Breastfeeding Infants with Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, or Cleft Lip and Palate—Revised 2019 - p. 911 66. ABM Clinical Protocol #18: Use of Antidepressants in Breastfeeding Mothers - p. 919 67. ABM Clinical Protocol #19: Breastfeeding Promotion in the Prenatal Setting, Revision 2015 - p. 929 68. ABM Clinical Protocol #20: Engorgement, Revised 2016 - p. 936 69. ABM Clinical Protocol #21: Guidelines for Breastfeeding and Substance Use or Substance Use Disorder, Revised 2015 - p. 941 70. ABM Clinical Protocol #22: Guidelines for Management of Jaundice in the Breastfeeding Infant 35 Weeks or More of Gestation—Revised 2017 - p. 949 71. ABM Clinical Protocol #23: Nonpharmacological Management of Procedure-Related Pain in the Breastfeeding Infant, Revised 2016 - p. 958 72. ABM Clinical Protocol #24: Allergic Proctocolitis in the Exclusively Breastfed Infant - p. 964 73. ABM Clinical Protocol #25: Recommendations for Preprocedural Fasting for the Breastfed Infant: ‘‘NPO’’ Guidelines - p. 970 74. ABM Clinical Protocol #26: Persistent Pain with Breastfeeding - p. 977 75. ABM Clinical Protocol #27: Breastfeeding an Infant or Young Child with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes - p. 986 76. ABM Clinical Protocol #28: Peripartum Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother - p. 992 77. ABM Clinical Protocol #29: Iron, Zinc, and Vitamin D Supplementation During Breastfeeding - p. 1001 78. ABM Clinical Protocol #30: Breast Masses, Breast Complaints, and Diagnostic Breast Imaging in the Lactating Woman - p. 1009 79. ABM Clinical Protocol #31: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Studies in Lactating Women - p. 1016 80. ABM Clinical Protocol #32: Management of Hyperlactation - p. 1022 81. Educational Objectives and Skills for the Physician with Respect to Breastfeeding, Revised 2018 - p. 1028 82. ABM Clinical Protocol #33: Lactation Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Plus Patients - p. 1038 83. ABM Clinical Protocol #34: Breast Cancer and Breastfeeding - p. 1038.e9 84. Medical Education for Basic Proficiency in Breastfeeding - p. 1038.e17 85. Glossary - p. 1040 86. References - p. 1047 87. Index - p. 1047 88. Confidence is ClinicalKey - p. 1047
Written and edited by leading physicians, Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 9th Edition, offers comprehensive, dependable information and guidance in this multifaceted field. Award-winning author and co-founder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Dr. Ruth Lawrence, and her son, Dr. Rob Lawrence, ensure that you’re brought fully up to date on everything from basic data on the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, nutritional, immunological, and psychological aspects of human lactation, to the problems of clinical management of breastfeeding—all in a highly readable, easily accessible desk reference.
Helps you make appropriate drug recommendations, treat conditions associated with breastfeeding, and provide thoughtful guidance to the breastfeeding mother according to her circumstances, problems, and lifestyle.
Includes numerous charts and tables throughout, with an emphasis on the scientific, chemical, and physiological underpinnings of breastfeeding. Appendices contain additional charts and tables, including the complete collection of clinical protocols on breastfeeding and human milk from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.
Features new chapters on breast conditions and their management in the breastfeeding mother, breastfeeding and chest-feeding for LGBTQ+ families, breastfeeding during disasters, and establishing a breastfeeding practice or academic department.
Provides significant updates on physiology and biochemistry of lactation; medications and herbal preparations in breast milk; transmission of infectious disease through breast milk; allergy and its relationship with breastfeeding, exposure, and avoidance; premature infants and breastfeeding; and practical management of the mother-infant nursing couple.
Offers authoritative and fresh perspectives from new associate editors: neonatologist Dr. Larry Noble, obstetrician Dr. Alison Stuebe, and pediatrician and lactation specialist Dr. Casey Rosen-Carole.
Covers patient-centered counseling, the cellular composition of human breast milk, microbiota of the breast and human milk, and the multifunctional roles of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs).
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Any screen, Any time, Anywhere - p. iii 5. Title page - p. IFC1 6. Copyright - p. IFC1 7. Dedication - p. iv 8. List of Contributors - p. v 9. Foreword from the Eighth Edition - p. v 10. Preface - p. ix 11. Contents - p. xii 12. List of Illustrations - p. xii 13. List of Tables - p. xii 14. Chapter 1: Breastfeeding in a New Era - p. xii 15. Chapter 2: Anatomy of the Breast - p. 37 16. Chapter 3: Physiology of Lactation - p. 57 17. Chapter 4: Biochemistry of Human Milk - p. 92 18. Chapter 5: Host-Resistance Factors and Immunologic Significance of Human Milk - p. 144 19. Chapter 6: Population Health and Informed Feeding Decisions - p. 192 20. Chapter 7: Practical Management of the Nursing “Dyad” - p. 205 21. Chapter 8: Maternal Nutrition and Supplements for Mother and Infant - p. 246 22. Chapter 9: Weaning - p. 277 23. Chapter 10: Normal Growth, Growth Faltering, and Obesity in Breastfed Infants - p. 297 24. Chapter 11: Medications, Herbal Preparations, and Natural Products in Breast Milk - p. 325 25. Chapter 12: Transmission of Infectious Diseases Through Breast Milk and Breastfeeding - p. 392 26. Chapter 13: Breastfeeding Infants With Problems - p. 456 27. Chapter 14: Premature Infants and Breastfeeding - p. 501 28. Chapter 15: Medical Complications of Mothers - p. 545 29. Chapter 16: Breast Conditions in the Breastfeeding Mother - p. 571 30. Chapter 17: Human Milk and Atopic Disease - p. 593 31. Chapter 18: Breastfeeding and Return to Work or School - p. 610 32. Chapter 19: Induced Lactation and Relactation (Including Nursing an Adopted Baby) and Cross-Nursing - p. 627 33. Chapter 20: Chestfeeding and Lactation Care for LGBTQ+ Families (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus) - p. 645 34. Chapter 21: Reproductive Function During Lactation - p. 650 35. Chapter 22: The Collection and Storage of Human Milk and Human Milk Banking - p. 661 36. Chapter 23: Infant Feeding After a Disaster - p. 694 37. Chapter 24: Establishing a Breastfeeding Medicine Practice or Academic Department - p. 703 38. Chapter 25: Breastfeeding Support Groups and Community Resources - p. 709 39. Chapter 26: Educating and Training Medical Professionals - p. 718 40. Appendices - p. 726 41. Composition of Human Milk - p. 726 42. Normal Serum Values for Breastfed Infants - p. 730 43. Herbals and Natural Products - p. 732 44. Precautions and Breastfeeding Recommendations for Selected Maternal Infections - p. 737 45. Manual Expression of Breast Milk - p. 753 46. Measurements of Weight Loss and Growth in Breastfed Infants - p. 755 47. Organizations Supporting Breastfeeding and Promoting Lactation Knowledge - p. 760 48. Breastfeeding Health Supervision - p. 767 49. ABM Clinical Protocol #1: Guidelines for Blood Glucose Monitoring and Treatment of Hypoglycemia in Term and Late-Preterm Neonates, Revised 2014 - p. 781 50. ABM Clinical Protocol #2: Guidelines for Hospital Discharge of the Breastfeeding Term Newborn and Mother: “The Going Home Protocol,” Revised 2014 - p. 789 51. ABM Clinical Protocol #3: Supplementary Feedings in the Healthy Term Breastfed Neonate, Revised 2017 - p. 795 52. ABM Clinical Protocol #4: Mastitis, Revised March 2014 - p. 806 53. ABM Clinical Protocol #5: Peripartum Breastfeeding Management for the Healthy Mother and Infant at Term, Revision 2013 - p. 811 54. Bedsharing and Breastfeeding: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol #6, Revision 2019 - p. 817 55. ABM Clinical Protocol #7: Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding - p. 829 56. ABM Clinical Protocol #8: Human Milk Storage Information for Home Use for Full-Term Infants, Revised 2017 - p. 846 57. ABM Clinical Protocol #9: Use of Galactagogues in Initiating or Augmenting Maternal Milk Production, Second Revision 2018 - p. 852 58. ABM Clinical Protocol #10: Breastfeeding the Late Preterm (34–36 6/7 Weeks of Gestation) and Early Term Infants (37–38 6/7 Weeks of Gestation), Second Revision 2016 - p. 861 59. ABM Clinical Protocol #11: Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Neonatal Ankyloglossia and Its Complications in the Breastfeeding Dyad - p. 869 60. ABM Clinical Protocol #12: Transitioning the Breastfeeding Preterm Infant from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Home, Revised 2018 - p. 873 61. ABM Clinical Protocol #13: Contraception During Breastfeeding, Revised 2015 - p. 881 62. ABM Clinical Protocol #14: Breastfeeding-Friendly Physician’s Office: Optimizing Care for Infants and Children, Revised 2013 - p. 891 63. ABM Clinical Protocol #15: Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother, Revised 2017 - p. 898 64. ABM Clinical Protocol #16: Breastfeeding the Hypotonic Infant, Revision 2016 - p. 905 65. ABM Clinical Protocol #17: Guidelines for Breastfeeding Infants with Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, or Cleft Lip and Palate—Revised 2019 - p. 911 66. ABM Clinical Protocol #18: Use of Antidepressants in Breastfeeding Mothers - p. 919 67. ABM Clinical Protocol #19: Breastfeeding Promotion in the Prenatal Setting, Revision 2015 - p. 929 68. ABM Clinical Protocol #20: Engorgement, Revised 2016 - p. 936 69. ABM Clinical Protocol #21: Guidelines for Breastfeeding and Substance Use or Substance Use Disorder, Revised 2015 - p. 941 70. ABM Clinical Protocol #22: Guidelines for Management of Jaundice in the Breastfeeding Infant 35 Weeks or More of Gestation—Revised 2017 - p. 949 71. ABM Clinical Protocol #23: Nonpharmacological Management of Procedure-Related Pain in the Breastfeeding Infant, Revised 2016 - p. 958 72. ABM Clinical Protocol #24: Allergic Proctocolitis in the Exclusively Breastfed Infant - p. 964 73. ABM Clinical Protocol #25: Recommendations for Preprocedural Fasting for the Breastfed Infant: ‘‘NPO’’ Guidelines - p. 970 74. ABM Clinical Protocol #26: Persistent Pain with Breastfeeding - p. 977 75. ABM Clinical Protocol #27: Breastfeeding an Infant or Young Child with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes - p. 986 76. ABM Clinical Protocol #28: Peripartum Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother - p. 992 77. ABM Clinical Protocol #29: Iron, Zinc, and Vitamin D Supplementation During Breastfeeding - p. 1001 78. ABM Clinical Protocol #30: Breast Masses, Breast Complaints, and Diagnostic Breast Imaging in the Lactating Woman - p. 1009 79. ABM Clinical Protocol #31: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Studies in Lactating Women - p. 1016 80. ABM Clinical Protocol #32: Management of Hyperlactation - p. 1022 81. Educational Objectives and Skills for the Physician with Respect to Breastfeeding, Revised 2018 - p. 1028 82. ABM Clinical Protocol #33: Lactation Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Plus Patients - p. 1038 83. ABM Clinical Protocol #34: Breast Cancer and Breastfeeding - p. 1038.e9 84. Medical Education for Basic Proficiency in Breastfeeding - p. 1038.e17 85. Glossary - p. 1040 86. References - p. 1047 87. Index - p. 1047 88. Confidence is ClinicalKey - p. 1047
