Supporting New Mothers
Since 2001
Kim A Richardson, M.A.
Psychotherapist, Life Coach
and
Postpartum Depression
Counselor.
Helping You
through the chaos to the wisdom of
discovering your unique mothering identity.
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Info For Breastfeeding Mothers..
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Advantages of Breastfeeding
How to breastfeed
Adoptive Moms
Breastpumps and Milk Collection and Storage
Overcoming breastfeeding difficulties
Breastfeeding twins multiples and siblings
Medication and breastfeeding
Magazines that support and encourage breastfeeding
Breastfeeding longer than 6 months
Weaning / Books on Weaning
Relactation (deciding to go back to breastfeeding after weaning etc)
Books on breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Experts
La Leche League homepage and breastfeeding info
William and Martha Sears homepage and breastfeeding info
Anne Smith - Breastfeeding Basics
Breastfeeding.com
Breastfeeding and Fertility/Contraception
Breastfeeding and Postpartum Depression
The Politics of Breastfeeding
10 Reasons to breastfeed your baby
Cost Benefits of Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Benefits: How They Add Up
American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement on breastfeeding
Breastfeeding associated with better health for moms
Breastfeeding may be one protective factor against postpartum illness - "A more recent research focus has been the area of prolactin activity during the puerperium. Prolactin levels form a reverse curve of the estrogen and progesterone levels during the postpartum period, with low levels occurring immediately after delivery and increasing to a high level plateau by the first week after birth. It is reasonable to assume a possible relationship exists between the decline of breast-feeding in the U.S., the rapid decline in prolactin in mothers who do not breast-feed and postpartum depression. This relationship is important and requires more research. (Kruckman & Smith, 1998)
The first two weeks at home with baby
Proper Positioning and Latch on Skills
Latching - diagrams on how to latch your baby
Establishing Your Milk Supply: Starting Out Right
Is my baby getting enough milk?
Breastfeeding Basics - many articles
A women's guide to breastfeeding by the American Academy of Pediatrics USA
Buying milk storage bags, bottles and accessories for pumping etc
Mothers Milk Mate - the safe and convenient alternative to plastic bags for storing breast milk.
If you have more questions about how a drug you are taking may affect your breast milk or your baby, call the UCSD information service at (900) 288-8273, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time, Monday to Friday ($3 for the first minute, $2 for every additional minute).
Breastfeeding Basics: Weaning /
Relactation
LLLI articles:
Back to the Breast (relactation after a difficult start)
Starting Over (rebuilding your milk supply)
Nursing Strikes and Relactation
More LLLI articles
Sears: Medications to help make milk
Relactation and adoptive nursing (Kelly's AP page)
Relactation from About.com
Book and website: Relactation: Review of Experience and Recommendations for Practice by Elizabeth Hormann. See web page at www.who.int/chd
The Breastfeeding Answer Book : Expanded by Nancy Mohrbacher, Julie Stock, Hugh D. Riordan
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Anwar Fazal (La Leche League International)
The Breastfeeding Book : Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning by Martha Sears R.N., William Sears M.D.
How Weaning Happens by Diane Bengson
Nursing Mother, Working Mother by Gale Pryor
Breastfeeding Your Premature Baby by Gwen Gotsch
The WHO/ UNICEF international code of breastfeeding adopted 1981
BREASTFEEDING MOMS
IN PAIN or WORRIED..
Please get help immediately if you need advice about breastfeeding or pumping (expressing milk), or if you experiencing any pain during nursing.
GET HELP AT THE FIRST SIGN
Where to get help..
Contact La Leche League International
Click here to find a La Leche leader in the USA
Click here to find La Leche Groups around the world
OR
Consult with a Lactation Consultant
Click here to find a Board Certified Lactation Consultant in the USA
Click here to find a Lactation Consultant in Chicago
Click here for world wide lactation consultant directory
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