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Breastfeeding Help and Information

Marie Davis, R N, IBCLC

Lactation Consultant, Registered Nurse, Author,
Educator, Public Speaker

"...Because breastfeeding is bestfeeding."

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Making the world a better place: one mother - - one baby at a time.

Who am I?

Site Index

Self - Help pages

Commentaries

Breastfeeding basics

Excerpts from-- The Lactation Consultant's Clinical Practice Manual:
A practical guide to establishing a lactation practice.

CME Course for Nurses

CME Resource Students : Lactation Clinic Advice Protocols

(*PDF password is the course number)


Always, always - contact your medical provider for information regarding illness in you or your baby.

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Your breastfeeding questions answered by a professional lactation consultant, with more than 25 years of mother-baby experience, and 15 years of Internet lactation consulting. Get the help you and your baby need using the ease of the internet.

Can I get personal assistance from you?

ABSOLUTELY!

However, I am retired on disability and occasionally it interferes with my ability to answer e-mail. If you need quick answers contact your local lactation consultant for assistance. If you haven't heard from me within 72 hours, send another e-mail to remind me.

If you cannot find the answers to your questions in my self help pages, I may be able to assist you via E-mail. Video Consultation Available.

Do you charge for consultations?

I do not charge a fee for consultation, but you can make a donation (see below) to me at any time through Pay Pal.

 

Self Help Pages

Colic -- Over Supply Syndrome
AKA Foremilk Hindmilk Imbalance / Overactive Let Down
Are there Two Kinds of Milk? (Not exactly...)
Do you have too much milk? - - More on Oversupply
I have studied and worked with oversupply syndrome for the past 25+ years.

Speaker information available on request.

Latch on
Infant-led breastfeeding: Help For Latch on Problems  (Rebirthing)

Sometimes, you need to just "lay back", and let the baby take over, so baby can latch on by himself.

Taking baby off the breast
Cue feeding and Crying
Plugged Duct, Mastitis, or Abscess?
What do I have? What do I do?


Is my baby getting enough milk?

Here's a simple scoring system to help you tell how well your newborn is breastfeeding.

L-A-T-C-H-E-S Assessment Tool              L-A-T-C-H-E-S  Score Key


Dry up info for the mom who chooses not to breastfeed
Post Partum Depression: PPD

Engorgement Routines
Engorgement the Cabbage Cure
Artificial Baby Milk  (AKA formula)
Why do Newborns Lose Weight?
What is Jaundice?
Getting Professional Help
Preterm Babies and Their Special Needs
Special Circumstances
Potential Effects of Breast Surgery on Breastfeeding Success
(implants/reduction/lumpectomy)
Exclusive pumping IS a viable option for some mothers
Check out pumping moms information and support site.
Starting Bottles
I heard you have a "Cocktail" for increasing milk supply how do I get it?

 


Glossary of Breastfeeding Terms

Want to be a Lactation Consultant?

Works Cited page

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Commentaries

ALL "Commentaries" are referenced on the works cited page and are the opinions of the author.

You can research any topic yourself, by going to: www.medscape.com and selecting "search" Medline.

Changing Hospital Routines to Support Breastfeeding: The Role of the Doula

Labor Medication's Affect on Breastfeeding

The Concern Over Epidurals

There is Danger in Self Diagnosis and Self Treatment

Time for Medicine to Change Attitudes

Watch Your Language

Breastfeeding - the Lost Art

The History of Infant Feeding

The Legacy of Scientific Motherhood

Anatomy of the Breast

How the Breast Makes Milk

The Value of Human Milk

RISKS OF FORMULA USE  - - ARTIFICIAL BABY MILK (ABM)

WHO growth charts

Coming soon new commentary: Things I constantly write in e-mail advice to breastfeeding moms.

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Breastfeeding Basics Selections:

The first 4 weeks: Mom

  The first 4 weeks: Baby

  Questions after the first 4 weeks

  Family Issues

 Breast Milk Expression

 Storage of EMM (Expressed Mother's Milk)

  Working and Breastfeeding

Starting Bottles

   Other Issues: Weaning and Starting solids

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Manuscript Excerpts

The Lactation Consultant's Clinical Practice Manual:

A practical guide to establishing a lactation practice. 1st Ed.

© Marie Davis RN IBCLC

Author's Preface

Editor's Forward

Table of Contents

Sample Protocol: Thrush

Sample protocol: Breast Abscess


A few updated protocols are ready now . Please contact me to receive your copies.

Watch here for an announcement when the revision is completed


Manual is Available - in electronic format only!

purchase information


If you purchased "The Lactation Consultant's Clinical Practice Manual: A practical guide to establishing a lactation practice,"

Be sure you notify me of any e-mail changes.

I would like to be able to contact you when updates are available.

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Breastfeeding CEU Course

newly revised May 2010

A CEU offering for doctors and nurses from CME Resource
http://www.NetCE.com   OR (800) 232-4238
Abstract & Table of Contents

*Note: I was paid a one time honorarium to author this course. I make no additional money from the individual sale of the course. Information is here for reference .


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The average lactation consultation is approximately $100.00 - $175.00 per hr. (USD). Because of my handicap, I can no longer work in the lactation clinic.
My current "practice" is limited to the Internet. I do not charge for consultation. But donations are very welcome.
Because I believe that every breastfeeding couplet is unique and deserves a unique answer, a single e-mail can take several hours to compose.
If you feel I have helped you, and your baby, please, make a donation through Pay Pal using my e-mail address. Your support is greatly appreciated.

 

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Copyright Marie Davis, RN, IBCLC 1999

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Last Revised: Saturday, Monday, January 30, 2012

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