Breastfeeding Resources for Health Professionals
Documents & promotional materials
Videos
Breastfeeding Basics
Breastfeeding: Getting started (0:06)
Chapter 1: Starting out (0:32)
Chapter 2: Getting closer (1:55)
Chapter 3: What to expect (3:55)
Chapter 4: Feeding cues (5:04)
Chapter 5: Making feeding comfortable for you and baby (6:03)
Baby-led attachment (6:52)
Mother-led attachment (7:39)
Chapter 6: How do I know if baby is getting enough? (10:58)
Hand expressing (12:02)
Reverse pressure softening (12:13)
Chapter 7: Help and encouragement (12:30)
Articles
When Separation is not the Answer: Breastfeeding Mothers and Infants affected by COVID‐19
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has provided detailed guidance on the care of infants of women who are a person under investigation (PUI) or confirmed to have COVID‐19, which supports immediate postpartum mother‐infant contact and breastfeeding with appropriate respiratory precautions. Although many countries have followed WHO guidance, others have implemented infection prevention and control policies (IPC) that impose varying levels of postpartum separation and discourage or prohibit breastfeeding or provision of expressed breastmilk.
The Effect of Physical Activity on Human Milk Macronutrient Content and Its Volume.
The authors of this study sought to determine whether physical activity affected the macronutrient content and volume of breastmilk.
Clinical Consensus Statement: Ankyloglossia in Children.
The American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology compiled this clinical consensus statement about ankyloglossia in children.
Should Infants Be Separated from Mothers with COVID-19? First, Do No Harm.
Dr Alison Stuebe argues that we need to consider the risks, as well as the benefits, of separating mothers and infants in this situation.
Breastfeeding, a Personalized Medicine with Influence on Short- and Long-Term Immune Health.
This review presents a fascinating summary of immune effects of breastfeeding with a focus on whether breastmilk provides allergic protection.
Effect of lactation on the recurrence rate of gestational diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study.
This retrospective cohort study examined whether breastfeeding after a Gestational Diabetes Mellitus pregnancy altered the risk of developing GDM in a subsequent pregnancy.
