Ch. 1. Tides in Breastfeeding Practice -- Ch. 2. The Cultural Context of Breastfeeding -- Ch. 3. Families -- Ch. 4. Anatomy and Physiology -- Ch. 5. The Biological Specificity of Breastmilk -- Ch. 6. Drugs and Breastfeeding -- Ch. 7. Viruses in Human Milk -- Ch. 8. Breastfeeding Education -- Ch. 9. The Breastfeeding Process: The Perinatal and Intrapartum Period -- Ch. 10. The Breastfeeding Process: The Postpartum Period -- Ch. 11. Slow Weight Gain and Failure to Thrive -- Ch. 12. Jaundice and the Breastfeeding Baby -- Ch. 13. Breast Pumps and Other Technologies -- Ch. 14. Breastfeeding the Preterm Infant -- Ch. 15. Breast-Related Problems -- Ch. 16. Maternal Nutrition During Lactation -- Ch. 17. Women's Health and Breastfeeding -- Ch. 18. Maternal Employment and Breastfeeding -- Ch. 19. Child Health -- Ch. 20. The Ill Breastfeeding Child -- Ch. 21. Fertility, Sexuality, and Contraception During Lactation -- Ch. 22. Work Strategies and the Lactation Consultant -- Ch. 23. Research and Breastfeeding -- Ch. 24. Donor Human Milk Banking: More Than Nutrition -- A. Composition of Human Colostrum and Mature Breast Milk -- B. Via Christi Health System, St. Joseph Campus Breastfeeding Policies -- C. Via Christi Health System, St. Joseph Campus Breastfeeding Education Protocol -- D. Nursing Diagnosis Related to Breastfeeding -- E. New York State Code in Support of Breastfeeding (Added 1984) -- F. American Academy of Pediatrics: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk -- G. Prototype Lactation Consultant Job Proposal or Description -- H. ILCA Standards of Practice for Lactation Consultants -- I. Tables of Equivalencies and Methods of Conversion -- J. Wellstart International Patient History -- K. Conversion Tables -- L. Standardized Height and Weight Growth Charts.
Includes bibliographical references and index