Bookeditor in chief, Richard J. Schanler, MD, FAAP, FABM ; coeditors, Nancy F. Krebs, MD, MS, FAAP; Sharon B. Mass, MD, FACOG, FABM.
Contents:
The scope of breastfeeding
Rationale for breastfeeding : benefits to infants, mothers, and society
Composition of human milk
Anatomy and physiology of lactation
Breastfeeding : management before and after conception
Peripartum care : the transition to lactation
Breastfeeding in the hospital : the postpartum period
Maintenance of breastfeeding-the infant
Maintenance of breastfeeding-the mother
Supporting breastfeeding during mother-infant separation
Lactation support technology
Medications and breastfeeding
Contraception and the breastfeeding mother
Breastfeeding and human milk for preterm infants
Breastfeeding in special circumstances
Who can and who cannot breastfeed?
The breastfeeding-friendly medical office
Breastfeeding issues during disasters
Appendix A. Breastfeeding resources
Appendix B. American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement : breastfeeding and the use of human milk
Appendix C. American Academy of Pediatrics : the transfer of drugs and therapeutics into human breast milk
Appendix D. ACOG committee opinion #361 : breastfeeding : material
Appendix E. ACOG clinical review : breastfeeding : material and infant aspects
Appendix F. ACOG committee opinion # 570 : breastfeeding in underserved women : increasing initiation and continuation of breastfeeding.