1st Edition
A Guide to Supporting Breastfeeding for the Medical Profession
Foreword
Sue Ashmore
1. The Role of Primary Care and the GP in Supporting Breastfeeding
Marie-Therese Lovis
2. Why breastfeeding matters
Natalie Shenker
3. Why are breastfeeding rates in the UK so low?
Amy Brown
4. Contra indications to breastfeeding
Wendy Jones
5. Breastfeeding and Infant Sleep – what medical practitioners need to know
Helen L. Ball
6. Birth experience and breastfeeding
Amy Brown and Jenny Clarke
7. Breastfeeding complications
Emma Pickett and Wendy Jones
8. Pharmacokinetics of Drug Transfer into breastmilk
Wendy Jones
9. Compatibility of commonly used drugs in lactation
Wendy Jones
10. Supporting breastfeeding women with mental health issues
Beth Chapman
11. Tongue tie
Sarah Oakley
12. Colic and reflux in the breastfed baby
Shel Banks
13. Why provide donor human milk?
Natalie Shenker
14. Breastfeeding a baby with complications
Sandi, Helen and Pippa
15. Breastfeeding sick babies
Vicky Thomas
16. Infant Feeding in Emergencies: What do doctors need to know?
Helen Gray
17. What GPs need to know about breastmilk substitutes
Helen Crawley
18. Stopping breastfeeding
Emma Pickett
19. Where to find out more
Foreword
Sue Ashmore
Biography
Amy Brown is Professor of Child Public Health at Swansea University, where she has published over 100 research papers and books examining psychological, cultural and societal barriers to breastfeeding. Her research seeks to shift our perception of breastfeeding from an individual mothering issue to a wider public health challenge.
Wendy Jones is a pharmacist, with over 25 years of experience as a breastfeeding support worker for the Breastfeeding Network (BfN). She runs the BfN Drugs in Breastmilk Service and has presented widely to healthcare professionals, volunteers and mothers on this subject. She qualified as an independent pharmacist prescriber but is now retired.
