These chapter numbers are provided for the three textbooks we recommend, however each textbook covers the material in different ways. If you cannot find specific or comprehensive answers to the Study Guide questions in your textbook, please refer to the 'Recommended readings' (and do please let us know if the links need updating!).

Breastfeeding & Human Lactation, 6th edn, 2021, Wambach, K, & Spencer, B.

Chapter 7 Perinatal and Intrapartum Care

Chapter 8 Newborn Assessment

Chapter 9 Postpartum Care

Chapter 11 Low Intake in the Breastfed Infant: Maternal and Infant Considerations

Chapter 17 Women’s Health and Breastfeeding

Chapter 19 Child Health

Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care, 2nd edn, 2022, Campbell, S.H., Lauwers, J., Mannel, R., & Spencer, B.

Chapter 10 Transition to Parenthood

Chapter 13 Facilitating Initiation of Lactation

Chapter 16 Growth from Birth Through Weaning

Chapter 20 Breast Pathology

Chapter 22 Low Milk Production and Infant Weight

Chapter 27 Problem Solving and Documentation

Counseling the Nursing Mother, 7th edn, 2021, Lauwers, J. & Swisher, A.

Chapter 6 Client Consultations

Chapter 13 Hospital Practices that Support Breastfeeding

Chapter 14 Infant Assessment and Development

Chapter 15 Getting Breastfeeding Started

Chapter 16 Infant Latch and Sucking

Chapter 17 Breastfeeding in the Early Weeks

Chapter 18 Breastfeeding Beyond the First Month

Chapter 19 Problems with Milk Production and Transfer

Chapter 23 Temporary Breastfeeding Situations

Recommended Reading:

Berens, Pamela,. Eglash, Anne,. Malloy, Michele,. Steube, Alison M. and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (2016) ABM Clinical Protocol #26: Persistent Pain with Breastfeeding, https://www.bfmed.org/assets/DOCUMENTS/PROTOCOLS/26-persistent-pain-protocol-english.pdf

Brugaletta C, Le Roch K, Saxton J, Bizouerne C, McGrath M, Kerac M. (2020) Breastfeeding assessment tools for at-risk and malnourished infants aged under 6 months old: a systematic review. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7898355/

Dosman CF, Andrews D, Goulden KJ. Evidence-based milestone ages as a framework for developmental surveillance. Paediatr Child Health. 2012 Dec;17(10):561-8. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3549694/

Global Health Media, Breastfeeding Positions, (video) https://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/breastfeeding-positions/

Global Health Media, Helping a Breastfeeding Mother, (video) https://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/helping-a-breastfeeding-mother/

Global Health Media, Breastfeeding Attachment, (video) https://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/breastfeeding-attachment/

Global Health Media, Expressing and Storing Breastmilk, (video) https://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/expressing-and-storing-breastmilk/

Global Health Media, Not Enough Milk, (video) https://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/not-enough-milk/

Holmes, Allison V.,  McLeod, Angela Yerdon, and Bunik. Maya, (2103) ABM Clinical Protocol #5: Peripartum Breastfeeding Management for the Healthy Mother and Infant at Term https://www.bfmed.org/assets/DOCUMENTS/PROTOCOLS/5-peripartum-bf-management-protocol-english.pdf

Hoyt-Austin, Adrienne E., Kair, Laura R., Larson, Ilse A., Stehel, Elizabeth K., and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (2022)  Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #2: Guidelines for Birth Hospitalization Discharge of Breastfeeding Dyads, https://www.bfmed.org/assets/DOCUMENTS/PROTOCOLS/ABM%20Protocol%20%232bfm.2022.29203.aeh.pdf

Kellams, Ann., Harrel, Cadey., Omage, Stephanie., Gregory, Carrie,. Rosen-Carole, Casey, and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (2017) ABM Clinical Protocol #3: Supplementary Feedings in the Healthy Term Breastfed Neonate, https://www.bfmed.org/assets/DOCUMENTS/PROTOCOLS/3-supplementation-protocol-english.pdf

Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Getting to Know Baby - Cues, https://www.rch.org.au/cocoon/project/getting-to-know-baby/Cues/#:~:text=A%20bend%20at%20the%20elbows,what%20is%20happening%20around%20them.

Thomas, Jennifer, Marinelli, Kathleen A.,and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (2016) ABM Clinical Protocol #16: Breastfeeding the Hypotonic Infant, https://www.bfmed.org/assets/DOCUMENTS/PROTOCOLS/16-breastfeeding-the-hypotonic-infant-protocol-english.pdf

Trimeloni, L., & Spencer, J. (2016). Diagnosis and management of breast milk oversupply. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 29(1), 139-142. https://www.jabfm.org/content/jabfp/29/1/139.full.pdf

UNICEF UK, (n.d.) Breastfeeding Assessment Tools, https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/baby-friendly-resources/implementing-standards-resources/breastfeeding-assessment-tools/