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Breastfeeding Special Care Babies

  • 2nd Edition - March 27, 2002
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Sandra Lang
  • Language: English

This is a comprehensive and practical guide to all aspects of breastfeeding babies with special care needs. The language is clear and direct and the references up to date. The… Read more

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This is a comprehensive and practical guide to all aspects of breastfeeding babies with special care needs. The language is clear and direct and the references up to date. The author covers the basics of breastfeeding and lactation, positioning and attachment, milk supply, the impact of common drugs, as well as breast conditions and problems and their resolution. Particular attention is paid to feeding the vulnerable baby and to alternative methods of feeding.

Key features

  • Crystal clear and practical in writing and approach
  • Full coverage of a topic which is poorly covered elsewhere
  • Simple and explanatory with helpful up-to-date drawings, tables and photographs
  • New material and expanded/updated current chapters
  • Tackles issues which all midwives and neonatal intensive care nurses have to face at some point

    • Readership

    Midwives & Neonatal intensive care nurses.

    Table of contents

    The basics of breastfeeding. The position and attachment of the baby at the breast. The expression of breastmilk. Breast conditions. The milk supply. Breastfeeding the vulnerable baby. Alternative methods of feeding and breastfeeding. Breastfeeding and common drugs. Recommendations for the support of breastfeeding.
    Appendix - Breastfeeding support. Index.

    Review quotes

    "This is a text which will no doubt be accessed principally by midwives and neonatal nurses, but the successful establishment and maintenance of breastfeeding is far more likely to prosper when all health care providers are singing from the same hymn sheet, and I would strongly commend that it is read by all those who involved in the process including paediatricians, health visitors, GP s and paediatric nurses and others."www.withwoman.co.uk

    Product details

    • Edition: 2
    • Latest edition
    • Published: April 3, 2002
    • Language: English

    About the author

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    Sandra Lang

    Affiliations and expertise
    Independent Breastfeeding Advisor and Teacher, Lancashire, UK