Basic breastfeeding support.
Features expert lactation consultants modeling the essential, basic breastfeeding support practices that lead to increased initiation and duration rates.
~ Communicating About Breastfeeding ¨C evidence-based statements and positive body language, working with an interpreter, addressing cultural sensitivity issues
~ Breastfeeding Initiation ¨C creating a supportive environment for breastfeeding as soon as the baby's born, importance of skin-to-skin contact and early, frequent feedings, teaching parents about infant feeding behaviors, conducting the first postpartum visit after birth, indications for early pumping
~ Teaching Latch and Technique ¨C lactation physiology, how to help mothers achieve an asymmetrical latch, optimal feeding frequency and duration, identifying milk-transfer signs
~ Anticipatory Guidance and Follow-Ups ¨C discharge teaching and providing resources, long-term planning, reasons for recommending clinical follow-up care
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