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These evidence-based guidelines cover topics like fetal heart rate monitoring, labor induction, neonatal skin care, [4] care of the late preterm infant, [5] breastfeeding, HPV counseling, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, nursing staffing, [6] and care of the patient in the second stage of labor.
La Leche League International; Abbreviation: LLLI: Formation: 1956; 68 years ago () [1]: Founded at: Franklin Park, Illinois United States: Purpose "To help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother."
Mary Starke Harper attended Tuskegee Institute and earned a diploma in nursing in 1941. [1] She later applied to several bachelor's programs in the late 1940s. The University of Alabama rejected Harper's application on the basis of her race [6] and she decided to attend the University of Minnesota instead, a school which at the time had never had a black woman graduate from their program.
Breastfeeding and medications is the description of the medications that can be used by a breastfeeding mother, and the balance between maternal health and the safety of the breastfeeding infant. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Medications, when administered to breastfeeding mothers, almost always are transferred to breast milk, albeit usually in small quantities ...
Raising a Baby the Government Way: Mothers' Letters to the Children's Bureau 1915-1932 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1986). Gordon, Linda. Pitied But Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare, 1890–1935 (New York: Free Press, 1994). Details reform efforts of the period, including the Children's Bureau and its long ...
The mother's use of medications and herbs should be evaluated, as some substance suppress lactation. [5] The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocol for low milk supply recommends that the mother be evaluated for medical causes of the problem, [ 5 ] however health professionals and breastfeeding counsellors often do not do this.
The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) was an American non-profit organization founded in 1981 in response to the US Surgeon General's conference on infant mortality. The mission was to improve the quality and reach of public and professional education related to prenatal and infant care. [ 1 ]
Amy Spangler is a breastfeeding expert and president of baby gooroo who has lectured extensively and published several books on breastfeeding. In addition to earning a bachelor's and master's degree in nursing, Spangler is a registered nurse and an internationally board certified lactation consultant, and she has held leadership positions with national and international organizations including ...