Increase initiation and duration rates, while helping families get the best start possible.
This comprehensive program does more than help you teach, it instills confidence by emphasizing a woman's natural ability to breastfeed. Following International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations, this research-based teaching tool helps you support new families in getting the best start possible!
Featuring:
~ Advantages of laid-back breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact
~ New animations based on the latest research comparing deep and shallow latches, and the process of healthy milk production
~ Emphasis on how parents can improve their chances for breastfeeding success
~ Candid comments from new parents sharing their own breastfeeding experiences
Content Includes:
~ How Breastfeeding Works 每 3D breast anatomy and milk production animation, breastmilk qualities, why breastfeeding is important to mothers and babies, AAP exclusivity recommendations
~ Getting the Best Start 每 share breastfeeding plans with the hospital staff, skin-to-skin contact, rooming-in, lactation consultants, pacifier recommendations
~ Latching On 每 latching on in a reclined and upright position, 3D animation of effective and ineffective latches
~ Breastfeeding Positions 每 laid-back, cross-cradle, football, side-lying and cradle hold
~ When to Feed Your Baby 每 hunger and satiation cues, feeding patterns and guidelines, how to feed a sleepy baby
~ Getting Enough Milk 每 signs of milk transfer, growth spurts, feeding and diaper log, stool and urine guidelines, weight gain, getting help
~ Breast Care 每 normal breast fullness, hand expression and pumping, engorgement, nipple tenderness, mastitis and other warning signs
~ Breastfeeding Lifestyle 每 partner support and involvement, feeding in public, self-care, substances to avoid, support groups, returning to work
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