Breastfeeding Links

How to Help Babies Stay Exclusively Breastfeeding in the First Days of Life

http://ibclcinca.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/how-to-help-babies-stay-exclusively-breastfeeding-in-the-first-days-of-life/

We are seeing problems in early days in the hospital with babies ‘needing’ formula because they all seem to have low blood sugar and the mothers have low milk supply. Make sure you know hand expression techniques to be able to give your colostrum if baby is not nursing well enough.

Hand Expression

What did mother’s do before breastpumps? What can a mother do if she is engorged? How can a mother who has to pump for her premature or sick baby increase her milk supply?

Hand expression! This is the lost art that ALL women used to know and learn from watching their mothers and female friends from childhood. Click on this link and watch the 7 minute video from Stanford University about how to do this. Hand expression is a very useful tool for all mothers to know.

http://newborns.stanford.edu/Breastfeeding/HandExpression.html

Five Things Every Man Needs to know about Breasts

http://www.ebony.com/wellness-empowerment/5-things-every-man-needs-to-know-about-breasts#.U_tqSmN6aSo

Ask an Expert: How to Deal with Fast Milk Flow
http://www.thebadassbreastfeeder.com/ask-an-expert-how-to-deal-with-fast-milk-flow/

Is My Baby Getting Enough Milk?
http://ibconline.ca/not-enough1/

Many times new moms will ask if it’s OK to breastfeed when they are sick. Since germs are passed through mucus and spit, people tend to think they will be passed by breast milk as well. However, the body is fascinating in that breastfeeding mothers actually protect their babies—not infect them—by breastfeeding when they are ill.
http://www.networkedblogs.com/TgzZl

In-hospital formula use deters breastfeeding
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-in-hospital-formula-deters-breastfeeding.html

Baby Explains Newborn Behavior

Click here for a letter from your baby explaining newborn behavior

Click here for 14 Ways for Dads to be engaged with their breastfed babies: Does Dad have to give a bottle to bond?

Breast Feeding, Taking Turns And Primitive Conversation

“I’ve hired a doula. Do I really need a lactation consultant?” – Click here to read Marsha Walker’s article

Dad’s 24-Hr Cribside Assistance Website – a site for Dads by Dads!

http://www.newdadmanual.ca/

10 Ways to Stop Caregivers from Overfeeding Your Breastfed Baby

http://sdbfc.com/blog/2013/10/9/top-10-ways-to-stop-caregivers-from-overfeeding-your-breastf.html

Breastfeeding Myths Busted in Surgeon General’s “It’s Only Natural” campaign: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/breastfeeding-myths-busted-in-its-only-natural-video_n_3102708.html

Special Circumstances/Situations

Having surgery while breastfeeding? Here are our tips to help you prepare.

Having surgery is scary enough without worries about your breastfeeding relationship. Here are a few tips and ideas we can share to help you prepare.

Breastfeeding Matters During an Emergency–facts you need to know about power outages, etc.

Alcohol and Breastfeeding –Here are the facts. How long after having an alcoholic drink should you wait before breastfeeding? Should you ‘pump and dump’? How much alcohol transfers to your milk?

Beware of Holiday Weaning

Center for Disease Control statement about breastfeeding during Swine Flu: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/breastfeeding.htm

Problems with low milk supply? IGT can be a possible cause. Most women have breasts that function normally, grow appropriately during pregnancy and make plenty of milk. However some women have difficulties producing enough breastmilk for their babies. One of the possible problems is “Insufficient Glandular Tissue” or “IGT” which is a problem with the normal development of the milk glands. This excellent article describes the problem and shows pictures of women’s breasts who have had this problem.

Hiding in Plain Sight, Postpartum Depression – https://breastfeedingusa.org/content/article/hiding-plain-sight-postpartum-depression

Low Milk Supply: The cause determines the course – http://www.second9months.com/low-milk-supply-the-cause-determines-the-course/

Alternative feeding methods when a baby needs supplementation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrrrC5NyNnQ

Breastfeeding Resources and Organizations

La Leche League

La Leche League helps mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, education, information, and encouragement and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.

La Leche League International Website: www.llli.org

Attend the La Leche League meetings in Lynchburg!

Medela

Best Start carries Medela breastpumps, both those for sale and the medical grade pumps for rent. Visit their website at:http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/

KellyMom

kellymom.com: Breastfeeding and Parenting

A wonderful breastfeeding and parenting website!

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine: www.bfmed.org

Back to Work and Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Tips for Working Mothers

For working Moms: What does the new Health Care Law say about breaks for Mothers to express their milk. Which employers must comply and what does the law actually cover? Read this interesting article by Kori Martin, JD, LLLL

10 Ways to Stop Caregivers from Overfeeding Your Breastfed Baby

http://sdbfc.com/blog/2013/10/9/top-10-ways-to-stop-caregivers-from-overfeeding-your-breastf.html

Formula feeding part-time to full-time?

Overview – These Infant Formula web pages contain information about infant formula that may be helpful to industry, consumers, government agencies, and other interested parties. They include the following:

information about FDA’s regulation of commercial infant formulas,
commonly asked questions about infant formulas,
links to other relevant resources, and
how to report problems.

Handout: For the caregiver of a breastfed baby

Donating Breastmilk: Breastmilk Banks

Mothers’ Milk Bank is a 501(c)(3) non-profit tissue bank providing safe and processed breast milk for babies and others who are under the care of a health care professional. This organization, known as the San Jose Mothers’ Milk Bank, was established in 1974 in San Jose, California to collect excess breast milk from volunteer breastfeeding mothers , store the breast milk for optimal nutritional value, process the breast milk to remove viruses and bacteria that may cause illness and distribute donor human milk to hospitals and families. As a charter member of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA), our standards of processing donated breast milk is the basis of operation for milk banking organizations. Mothers’ Milk Bank is licensed as a Tissue Bank in California and Maryland and registered with the FDA.
http://mothersmilk.org/

Milk bank helps babies and mothers in need
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/milk-bank-helps-babies-and-mothers-in-need/

Donor Milk in the NICU
http://www.themilkbank.org/donor-milk-in-the-nicu-dr-kenneth-herrmann/