Breastfeeding Telephone Triage and Advice, Third Edition

by Dr. Maya Bunik M.D. (Author)

Created by a leading breastfeeding and phone care practitioner, this newly revised problem-solver helps nurses, lactation professionals, and other medical staff confidently advise breastfeeding mothers. It is ideal for use with the acclaimed Pediatric Telephone Protocols.

Key features include
- Completely updated and revised
- Enhanced from black-and-white to more than 50 illuminating color photos to help triage professionals zero in on caller problems
- More information included on maternal depression, which a high risk for early cessation
- New protocols on child care policies/suggestions, separate from returning to work and early weight loss at birth hospital, first week
- Stresses the importance of support groups vs. the abundance of apps and blogs that perpetuate myths

Important content updates include:
- Swaddling and safe sleep added to co-sleeping protocol
- More information on tongue tie
- Update on idiopathic granular mastitis and breast pain
- Caution in exclusive pumping protocol
- New chart on donor human mild vs commercial fortifiers
- New chart on making the office breastfeeding friendly
- Early weight loss graphs and information added to the low milk supply protocol
- Special circumstances added like placental encapsulation, tattoos, etc