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
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 3 months of life may reduce the risk of respiratory allergies and some asthma in children at the age of 6 years.
The author of this paper used data from the USA Infant Feeding Practices Study II to investigate the associations between infant feeding, asthma, and respiratory allergies.
Breastfeeding and Respiratory Antivirals: Coronavirus and Influenza.
This article describes the current knowledge on the safety of respiratory antivirals in breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding and childhood obesity: A 12-country study.
Many factors contribute to the development of obesity and studies have differed on whether they find infant feeding has a significant effect.
Timing of complementary feeding is associated with gut microbiota diversity and composition and short chain fatty acid concentrations over the first year of life.
This study investigated whether introduction of complementary food before 3 months was associated with gut microbiome diversity and composition and levels of faecal SCFA at 3 and 12 months.
Measures of Secretory Activation for Research and Practice: An Integrative Review.
This review included 15 articles that investigated several measures of secretory activation (SA). Maternal perception of ‘milk coming in’ (MP), patterns of increase in milk volume, serial urinary lactose concentration measurements and serial measures of maternal milk biomarkers were the proposed measures.
Evidence-Based Updates on the First Week of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Infants ≥35 Weeks.
Early exclusive breastfeeding is associated with achieving desired durations and is recommended by health authorities. This review summarises evidence from the past decade about the management of the first week of breastfeeding.
