Breastfeeding Telephone Triage and Advice, 3rd Edition
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
– 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 mythsImportant 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.