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
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.
Mary Paton Research Award 2019 – Roni Cole
This paper indicates that suboptimal breastfeeding practice is associated with increased risk of infants dying suddenly and unexpectedly. Human breastmilk is universally acknowledged to be the optimal form of nutrition, contributing to child survival and conferring immunologic advantage over formula feeding. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to identify the potentially at-risk population groups for suboptimal breastfeeding practices. Access Roni's paper here
