The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk: Foreword by Martha Sears, RN
by West, Diana; Marasco, LisaEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-11-18
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary
Concerned about making enough milk for your baby? Wondering how to make more? Two lactation experts are here to help. ..Separate fact from fiction with help from this comprehensive book about improving low milk supply. Written by two leading experts who have been there themselves and officially recommended by La Leche League International, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk incorporates the latest research and discoveries about causes of low milk supply, the way your body makes milk, and how babies contribute to your milk production. Best of all, you'll find valuable suggestions for both time-honored and innovative ways to make more milk. .Learn the facts about: . Determining if baby is really getting enough milk. Supplementing without decreasing your supply. Maximizing the amount of milk you can make. Identifying the causes of your low supply. Increasing your supply with the most effective methods, including pumping, herbs, medications, foods, and alternative therapies. Making more milk when you return to work, exclusively pump, have a premie or multiples, relactate, or induce lactation .
Author Biography
Diana West, IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant in private practice and author of Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery.
..Lisa Marasco, M.A., IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant both in private practice and for WIC and contributing author to the Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice.
.Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| Investigating Your Milk Supply | p. 1 |
| Understanding Your Milk Factory | p. 3 |
| Seasons of Breast Development: Growing a Milk Factory | |
| Hormones and the Milk-Making Process | |
| Milk Ejection: Nature's Delivery System | |
| How Your Body Decides How Much Milk to Make | |
| Baby Calls the Shots | |
| The Resource-Efficient Breast | |
| The Role of Storage Capacity | |
| Does Milk Production Have an Upper Limit? | |
| The Milk Supply Equation | |
| Milk Production Is Designed to Succeed | |
| What's Normal and What's Not | p. 15 |
| Commonly Misinterpreted Baby Behaviors | |
| Commonly Misinterpreted Maternal Indicators | |
| Do You Have Enough Milk? | |
| How to Know If There Really Is a Problem | p. 29 |
| Determining If Your Baby Is Getting Enough Milk | |
| Weight Gain to Gauge Milk Intake | |
| Diaper Output to Gauge Milk Intake | |
| Feeding Test Weights | |
| Measuring Production by Pumping | |
| The Final Results | |
| Developing a Milk Management Strategy | |
| Making the Most of What You Have | p. 39 |
| Supplementing Without Decreasing Your Milk Supply | p. 41 |
| When to Begin Supplementation | |
| How Much to Supplement: A Starting Point | |
| Choosing a Supplement | |
| Supplementation Devices | |
| Weaning from Supplements | |
| Solids as Supplements | |
| Getting Your Milk Supply Off to a Good Start | p. 57 |
| Get a Head Start: Expressing Milk Before Baby Is Born | |
| Nurse in the First Hour | |
| Keep Baby Skin to Skin as Much as Possible | |
| Delay Bathing | |
| Optimal Milk Production Depends on an Optimal Latch | |
| Optimizing Milk Removal: Breast Massage and Compression | |
| Proximity and Frequency | |
| Avoid the Visitor Syndrome | |
| Express Milk After Breastfeeding | |
| Don't Skip Nighttime Feedings | |
| Putting It All Together: The Essential Elements | |
| Investigating Causes of Low Milk Production | p. 69 |
| Is It Something You're Doing? | p. 71 |
| Finding Causes of Low Milk Production | |
| Latch Problems | |
| When Milk Seems to Dry Up Overnight | |
| Stealthy Saboteurs: Common Substances That Inhibit Milk Production | |
| Pregnancy | |
| Outside Interferences | |
| Feeding Frequency and Duration | |
| Your Need for Sleep | |
| Unnecessary Supplementation | |
| Nutrition | |
| Hydration | |
| Is It Something Your Baby Is Doing? | p. 87 |
| Suck Problems | |
| Palatal Variations | |
| Facial Abnormalities | |
| Airway Problems | |
| Cardiac Problems | |
| Nervous System Issues | |
| The Large, Small, or Early Baby | |
| Infections | |
| Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease | |
| Is It Something About Your Breasts? | p. 103 |
| Anatomical Variations | |
| Breast Structure | |
| Surgeries | |
| Infections | |
| Injuries | |
| Is It Your Hormones? | p. 119 |
| Hormonal Issues: The Big Spider Web | |
| Edema | |
| Obesity | |
| Diabetes | |
| Hypertension | |
| Anemia | |
| Postpartum Hemorrhage and Sheehan's Syndrome | |
| Placental Problems | |
| Thyroid Dysfunction | |
| Infertility | |
| Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) | |
| Luteal Phase Defect | |
| Gestational Ovarian Theca Lutein Cysts | |
| Menstruation | |
| The Age Factor | |
| What Do I Do Now? | |
| Can Your Mind Affect Your Supply? | p. 141 |
| Mind over Milk or Milk over Mind? | |
| Potential Inhibitors of Milk Ejection | |
| Harnessing Your Mind to Make More Milk | |
| Increasing Milk Production | p. 153 |
| Physical Techniques to Make More Milk | p. 155 |
| Breastfeed More Frequently | |
| Breast Massage and Compressions | |
| Warmth | |
| Touch | |
| Pumping | |
| Alternative Therapies | |
| Galactogogues: Foods, Herbs, and Medications That Stimulate Milk Production | p. 167 |
| Targeting: Choosing the Best Galactogogue for Your Needs | |
| Pharmaceutical Galactogogues | |
| Lactogenic Foods: Setting the Stage for a Good Milk Supply | |
| Navigating the World of Herbal Galactogogues | |
| Milk Ejection Aids | |
| Homeopathic Galactogogues | |
| When Do I Stop Taking a Galactogogue? | |
| Making More Milk When You Return to Work or School | p. 193 |
| Maximizing Your Milk Production | |
| Make Your Plan | |
| How Milk Production Can Decrease | |
| Increasing Your Supply While Working | |
| Solids Take the Pressure Off | |
| Making More Milk in Special Situations: Exclusive Pumping, Premies, Multiples, Relactation, and Induced Lactation | p. 205 |
| Exclusive Pumping | |
| Premature Babies | |
| Multiples | |
| Relactation | |
| Induced Lactation | |
| Surviving the Present and Planning for the Future | p. 217 |
| Coping with Low Milk Supply | p. 219 |
| Making Peace with Your Milk Supply | |
| Coping Techniques | |
| What About Next Time? | p. 229 |
| A Proactive Approach | |
| Hope Is on the Horizon | |
| Thank You for Sharing Your Journey with Us | |
| Galactogogue Tables | p. 235 |
| References | p. 247 |
| Index | p. 269 |
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