Breastfeeding Resources for Healthcare Professionals

This a collection of breastfeeding resources designed for healthcare professionals. If you are not a healthcare professional, please use these resources only under the guidance of your own healthcare providers.

Breast Anatomy and Lactation Physiology

• Breast Anatomy & Lactation(Video, 7min 27sec)

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocols

(additional ABM protocols can be foundhere)

• Supplementation(Document)
• Human Milk Storage(Document)
• Galactogogues(Document)
• Breastfeeding the Late Pre-Term Infant(Document)
• Engorgement(Document)
• Jaundice(Document)
• Allergic Proctocolitis in the Exclusively Breastfed Infant(Document)
• Persistent Pain(Document)

UNC School of Medicine Center for Maternal and Infant Health

(additional UNC resourceshere)

• Lactation Pain Protocol
  • Covers evaluation and treatment ofmastitis, bacterial infection, irritant dermatitis, milk bleb, blocked duct, oversupply, vasospasm/functional pain, myofascial pain, ductal infection, candida
• Breast Milk and Nipple Culture Collection Protocol

Medication Safety

• InfantRisk Center for Healthcare Providers App (Android & iOS)
• Medications & Mothers’ MilkBookorOnline Database(subscription often available through your institution)
• The above resources can be used in conjunction with theMedication in LactationAlgorithm in a shared decision-making process considering maternal and infant factors.

Ankyloglossia/Tethered Oral Tissues

• Tongue-Ties and Babies(Video, 10min 52sec)
• How Tongue-Tie affects Breastfeeding Mechanics(Document)
• Breastfeeding Improvement Following Tongue-Tie and Lip-Tie Release:A Prospective Cohort Study (Article)
• Ankyloglossia:Assessment, Incidence, and Effect of Frenuloplasty on the Breastfeeding Dyad (Article)
• Tongue-Tied:How a Tiny String Under the Tongue Impacts Nursing, Speech, Feeding, and More (Book)
• SOS 4 TOTS:Tethered Oral Tissues, Tongue-Ties & Lip Ties (Book)

Stanford Medicine Breastfeeding Resources

(additional resources can be foundhere)

• Preparing for Successful Breastfeeding(Video, 15min 25sec)
• Maximizing Milk Production与实际泵(视频,9分34秒)
• Hand Expressionof Breast Milk (Video, 7min 33sec)
• Babies at Risk(Document, plus links at bottom of page for Sub-Groups at Risk for Lactation Failure)
  • C-section mothers
  • Mothers with multiples
  • Infants who have not latched-on or nursed effectively for 12 hours
  • Mothers of NICU or PSCN infants
  • Infants supplemented more than once in 24 hours
  • Infants < 38 weeks or less than 6 pounds
  • Infant with loss of 10% birth weight
  • Mothers with breast surgery
  • Mothers with a history of breastfeeding failure
  • Antepartum mothers at risk of preterm delivery

Global Health Media Breastfeeding Videos

(additional videos can also be foundhere)

• Breastfeeding Attachment(Video, 10min 20sec)
• Breastfeeding Positions(Video, 9min 42sec)
• Nipple Pain(Video, 7min 47sec)
• Breast Painincludes engorgement, plugged ducts, and mastitis (Video, 7min 54sec)

Other Breastfeeding Resources for Healthcare Professionals

• Lactation Foundation’sPumping Guide
• Nose-to-Nipple Latch Technique(Video, 1min 30sec)
• Therapeutic Breast Massage(Video, 4min 37sec)
• International Breastfeeding Centre Videos