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Pediatricians are an essential element of the health team that promotes, protects, and supports breastfeeding. Education of the key concepts related to breastfeeding will enable you to assist mothers and infants in being successful at breastfeeding. Read below for more information on breastfeeding in general, how you can support mothers and babies, AAP resources, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocols, breastfeeding organizations, breastfeeding journals, and other resources.

If you are a pediatrician interested in learning more about breastfeeding and getting involved join the Section on Breastfeeding by clicking here.

Breastfeeding Information

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk, AAP Policy Statement 2005

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative*

CDC State Breastfeeding Report Card*

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists special report titled, "Breastfeeding: Maternal and Infant Aspects" 2007* - available to fellows only. The link goes to the February 2007 Press Release.

The American Academy of Family Physicians Breastfeeding Policy Statement (revised 2007)

The CDC Guide to Breastfeeding Interventions*

HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding* [PDF]

National Immunization Survey - Breastfeeding Rates*

Pharmacology and Breastfeeding

US Breastfeeding Committee Benefits of Breastfeeding* [PDF]

DHHS Indian Health Service Breastfeeding Resources*

Supporting Mothers and Babies

Breastfeeding: Baby's First Immunization Poster [PDF] - developed by the AAP, the BPPOP Program, and the Childhood Immunization Support Program, this poster can be hung in your office to promote breastfeeding as the first immunization and immediately after birth. Click here to download the PDF of this poster. Reproduction is permissable without changes.

Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers as They Return to Work [PDF] - developed by the AAP this article describes how health care professionals can support breastfeeding mothers as they return to work.

Ten Steps to Support Parents' Choice to Breastfeed Their Baby [PDF] - developed by the Breastfeeding Promotion in Physicians Office Practices Program this pamphlet outlines what you as a physician can do to support and encourage parents that choose to breastfeed.

Investing in Maternal and Child Health: An Employer's Toolkit - Ensure that your staff are as supported as your patients in being successful at returning to work and breastfeeding. This new kit from the National Business Group on Health includes a wealth of information about lactation and other maternal and child health coverage.

AAP Resources

Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians - This resource provides physicians in all specialties with a concise reference on breastfeeding and human lactation. No doctor should be without it in their permanent library collection!

Breastfeeding and Lactation: The Pediatrician's Guide to Coding - Revised 2008! This coding document was designed to help you get paid for your breastfeeding and lactation support. This pocket-guide is an abbreviated, easy to use, version of the original document created. It is suggested that you review the original document before utilizing the pocket guide. To view the contents of the longer version, click here.

Breastfeeding Support and Promotion Speaker's Kit - Download this presentation with accompanying speaker's notes to learn more about breastfeeding support and promotion or to use as an educational tool to teach others.

Breastfeeding Your Baby: Answers to Common Questions - This resource, sold in packs of 50, will beneficial to the parents in your practice. Topics include, the benefits for mother and child, preparing for the first feeding, important facts about medications, illnesses, and other special situations, and weaning the baby from the breast.

New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding - This new resource from the AAP provides everything new mothers need to know, from preparing for the first feeding to adjusting to home, family, and work life as a nursing mother. Also available in Spanish.

AAP Grand Rounds Subspecialty Collection - A collection of breastfeeding-specific articles published in AAP Grand Rounds from January 2001 to the present.

AAP Policy Statements, Technical Reports, Clinical Practice Guidelines, and Clinical Reports -

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk, AAP Policy Statement 2005

An Evidence-Based Review of Important Issues Concerning Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, AAP Technical Report 2004

Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation, AAP Clinical Practice Guideline 2004

Prevention of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency: New Guidelines for Vitamin D Intake, AAP Clinical Report 2003

ABM Protocols*

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has developed helpful protocols for many areas of care related to breastfeeding. These protocols serve only as guidelines for the care of breastfeeding mothers and infants and do not delineate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as standards of medical care. Variations in treatment may be appropriate according to the needs of an individual patient. All documents are available as PDF files.

All Protocols - The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) offers protocols in languages other than English. To view protocols in other languages visit the ABM Web site.

1. Hypoglycemia

2. Going Home/Discharge

3. Supplementation

4. Mastitis

5. Peripartum Breastfeeding Management

6. Co-sleeping and Breastfeeding

7. Model Hospital Policies

8. Human MIlk Storage

9. Galactogogues

10. Breastfeeding the Near-term Infant

11. Neonatal Ankyloglossia

12. NICU Graduate Going Home

13. Contraception and Breastfeeding

14. Breastfeeding Friendly Physician's Office Part 1: Optimizing Care for Infants and Children

15. Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother

16. Breastfeeding the Hypotonic Infant

17. Guidelines for Breastfeeding Infant with Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, or Cleft Lip and Palate

18. Use of Antidepressants in Nursing Mothers

* The ABM protocols are not AAP approved or endorsed.

Breastfeeding Organizations

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine*

American Academy of Family Physicians*

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists*

CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion*

Human Milk Banking Association of North America*

La Leche League International*

Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth*

Maternal and Child Health Bureau*

National WIC Assocation*

Office on Women's Health*

UNICEF*

United States Breastfeeding Committee*

Wellstart International*

World Health Organization*

Essential Journals

Pediatrics - AAP Journal

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Journal*

Journal of Human Lactation*

Other Resources

Bilitool* - a site designed to help clinicians assess the risks toward the development of hyperbilirubinemia or "jaundice" in newborns
*It is recommended that the AAP's Policy Statement, "Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation", be read prior to using the Bilitool web Site.
Click here to read.

Breastfeeding Basics - A Short Course on the Fundamentals of Breastfeeding*

Breastfeeding Pharmacology*

The Centers for Disease Control Breastfeeding Resources*

Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)*

Medline Plus Breastfeeding Page*

National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign: Babies Were Born To Be Breastfed!*

* External Resources are not a part of the AAP.ORG Web site. AAP is not responsible for the content of sites that are external to the AAP. Linking to a Web site does not constitute an endorsement by AAP of the sponsors of the site or the information presented on the site.

 
 
 
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