Preface | |
Contributors | |
Acknowledgments | |
Historical and Sociocultural Context of Infant Feeding | p. 1 |
Tides of Breastfeeding Practice | p. 3 |
The Cultural Context of Breastfeeding | p. 27 |
Families | p. 49 |
Anatomic and Biologic Imperatives | p. 79 |
Anatomy and Psychophysiology of Lactation | p. 81 |
The Biological Specificity of Breastmilk | p. 105 |
Drugs and Breastfeeding | p. 135 |
Viruses in Human Milk | p. 167 |
Prenatal and Perinatal Periods | p. 179 |
Breastfeeding Education | p. 181 |
The Breastfeeding Process | p. 215 |
Breastfeeding and the Pre-Term Infant | p. 253 |
Breast Pumps and Other Technologies | p. 279 |
Jaundice and the Breastfeeding Baby | p. 333 |
Postnatal Period | p. 347 |
Maternal Health | p. 349 |
Breast-Related Problems | p. 379 |
Maternal Employment and Breastfeeding | p. 401 |
Fertility, Sexuality, and Contraception During Lactation | p. 429 |
Child Health | p. 459 |
The Ill Breastfeeding Baby | p. 485 |
Slow Weight Gain and Failure to Thrive | p. 515 |
Contemporary Issues | p. 541 |
Work Strategies and the Lactation Consultant | p. 543 |
Research and Breastfeeding | p. 573 |
Issues in Human Milk Banking | p. 597 |
Appendices | p. 619 |
Glossary | p. 667 |
Index | p. 679 |
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