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Breastfeeding Doesn't Need to Suck shows mothers how to navigate their breastfeeding journey while also caring for their mental health.

Breastfeeding Doesn't Need to Suck contains information that you will not find in other breastfeeding books, such as a thorough discussion of breastfeeding's impact on sleep, safe (and unsafe) bedsharing, and how where babies sleep impacts their mothers' mental health. This book describes what effective help looks like and gives specific suggestions for partners, grandmothers, and friends who want to help. Mothers will also learn how to navigate healthcare systems that can often undermine breastfeeding and mental health.

Postpartum is hard, no matter how you feed your baby. Yet formula companies tell mothers that all of their problems will be solved if only they would switch. It's not true; these issues will still be there even if mothers stop breastfeeding. These are the five Is of new motherhood: idleness, isolation, incompetence, identity, and intensity. If mothers are unprepared for these feelings, they can undermine both her breastfeeding and her mental health.

Breastfeeding Doesn't Need to Suck provides information on common breastfeeding problems, such as nipple pain and low milk supply, while also keeping mothers' mental health in mind. Breastfeeding, when it's going well, protects mothers' mental health. Conversely, breastfeeding problems increase the risk of depression and anxiety. Dr. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is both a psychologist and an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, with more than 30 years' experience in both lactation and mental health. Breastfeeding Doesn't Need to Suck is an evidence-based guide full of practical advice with the goal of helping mothers and babies navigate postpartum and come through it happy, healthy, and securely attached.

The Science of Mother-Infant Sleep is a compilation of recent articles that address these important questions. Our goal was to bring together recent evidence about the safety of sleep practices so that parents and professionals can make informed, evidence-based decisions. The Science of Mother-Infant Sleep is a collaborative project by an international working group of experts on mother-baby sleep. - Bedsharing - How can parents make it safe? - Does it increase the risk of SIDS? - What is its impact on breastfeeding? - Parental Decisions about Infant Sleep - What is normal infant sleep? - How can parents calm a crying baby?

Pregnant and postpartum women are at increased risk for depression, and the health effects of depression for both mother and baby are too serious to ignore. As important as it is, however, to promptly treat depression, some are voicing concern over whether the risks of antidepressant medications outweigh the benefits. Fortunately, there are more treatment choices than ever before. In this monograph Kathleen Kendall-Tackett describes the various non-drug treatment modalities being used to treat even major depression. In most cases the non-drug treatments are as effective as medications with far fewer side effects. Dr. Kendall-Tackett summarizes current research and provides an evidence base for each treatment modality and how it impacts breastfeeding. Drawing on research from the field of psychoneuroimmunology, she describes why these treatments alleviate depression, and the specific clinical applications for each approach. These modalities are breastfeeding-friendly and offer mothers viable treatment alternatives that preserve the breastfeeding relationship.

Researchers are discovering that breastfeeding is more protective of maternal health than previously imagined and that it dramatically lowers women's risk of cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes during middle and old age--common causes of premature mortality. Previously, the health benefits of breastfeeding were mainly focused on the infant. New data suggests that breastfeeding may have life-long effects for both mother and baby. Psychoneuroimmunology is an emerging, interdisciplinary science that considers the ways in which the human mind and the immune system interact and influence each other. Over the past 40 years, a body of evidence clearly shows that stress and coping may produce changes in immunity. These changes can result in health effects that contribute to disease. In this book, authors Maureen Groer, RN, PhD, FAAN, and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, PhD, IBCLC, FAPA cover: -Why breastfeeding protects maternal health -Basic concepts of breast differentiation, lactogenesis, and lactation -Basic overview of the human stress response -Introduction to psychoneuroimmunology and the immunology of pregnancy and postpartum -Lactational stress resistance -Breastfeeding, mental health, and the risk of cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome -Breastfeeding and immunity -Implications of an anti-inflammatory response to enhancing the health effects of breastfeeding throughout women's lives This monograph provides the latest evidence on how breastfeeding and human milk are the biological norms for mother and baby, and how artificial feeding puts both at risk for health problems throughout their lives. It presents information on the science of psychoneuroimmunology and applies it to the maternal-infant breastfeeding dyad, presenting the latest evidence that will inform practice and, hopefully, policy.

Women often seek breastfeeding advice and support in medical settings. If the doctors and nurses they contact are knowledgeable about breastfeeding, then their advice will likely be helpful. Unfortunately, if the providers are not knowledgeable, their advice is less likely to help mothers succeed. How much do health care providers know about breastfeeding? What tools can help in breastfeeding education? How can IBCLCs work effectively with other health care providers?

Promoting Breastfeeding: Medical Settings is a compilation of recent articles that address these important questions. Women are more likely to successfully breastfeed when we can all work together. Promoting Breastfeeding: Medical Settings will help you work more effectively with providers in medical settings to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding mothers need to receive support from their communities. Unfortunately, many mothers fall through the cracks and do not receive the care they need. What are the barriers to care? How can communities help the breastfeeding mother? What do care providers need to know?

Promoting Breastfeeding: Community Settings is a compilation of recent articles that provide vital information to address these issues. These articles address support on college campuses and in the workplace, in rural settings and in clinics. Promoting Breastfeeding: Community Settings also addresses health insurance coverage for breastfeeding support and barriers to breastfeeding care. If you work with mothers in your community, these articles will help you provide the support that they need.

Milk Supply is a collection of recent articles in one convenient volume. Health care providers will find the latest insights from thought leaders on the following issues related to milk supply. - The Magic Number teaching concept to help mothers maintain their milk supplies while pumping - Breast massage and compression to help mothers increase breast milk yields and overcome breastfeeding difficulties - New, more-conservative guidelines on the use of galactogogues - Fenugreek, milk volume, and prolactin levels in mothers of preterm infants - The safety and efficacy of placenta consumption as a galactogogue - Preparation, cleaning, and sterilization of breast pump parts - Appropriate use of nipple shields to improve breastfeeding outcomes - The importance of the mother-infant relationship in babies' growth and development

Cultural Competency is a concise collection of articles that will help you improve your effectiveness when working with mothers from different cultures. Topics include: - Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support - Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore - Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans - Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations - Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively - Social support and breastfeeding self-efficacy among Black mothers - Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core - Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community - Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

When new mothers gets depressed, health care providers are often quick to suggest that they stop breastfeeding. These providers often believe that they are doing mothers a favor by giving them permission to not be supermom. This advice is often contrary to what mothers want to do and these mothers may experience weaning as another significant loss. Moreover, the sad truth is that stopping breaestfeeding is often completely unnecessary. Mothers can continue to breastfeed while recovering from depression. In fact, recent studies have shown that breastfeeding can aid in their recovery. A Breastfeeding-Friendly Approach to Postpartum Depression is the first volume that specifically supports the depressed, breastfeeding mother. Written in an accessible, easy-to-read format, A Breastfeeding-Friendly Approach to Postpartum Depression combines recent scientific research with practical suggestions to help health care providers assist in women's recovery from depression while honoring and supporting the breastfeeding relationship. Video links and assessment tools are also included. If you want to support breastfeeding mothers, this volume is a must for your library.

Nipple pain is one of the most common reasons for premature cessation of breastfeeding. Breast and Nipple Pain is a collection of articles with the latest insights on how to help mothers who experience it. Topics include: - Addressing latch issues immediately to prevent nipple pain and early weaning - Differentiating between Raynaud's Phenomenon of the Nipple and Candidiasis as a cause of pain - Evidence-based treatment strategies for painful nipples - Lanolin use and possible increased risk of nipple or breast infection - Topical treatments used by mothers for nipple pain and trauma - Frenotomy to decrease breastfeeding difficulties due to ankyloglossia - Timing of frenotomy for improved breastfeeding and infant outcomes - Kinesio Elastic Therapeutic Taping(R) in treating breast engorgement - Mothers' subjective experience of nipple pain and breastfeeding difficulties

Depression is the most common complication of childbirth and results in adverse health outcomes for both mother and child. It is vital, therefore, that health professionals be ready to help women who have depression, anxiety, or posttraumatic stress disorder in the perinatal period.

Now in its third edition, Depression in New Mothers provides a comprehensive approach to treating postpartum depression in an easy-to-use format. It reviews the research and brings together the evidence-base for understanding the causes and for assessing the different treatment options, including those that are safe for breastfeeding mothers. It incorporates research from psychoneuroimmunology and includes chapters on:

• assessing depression
• mother-infant sleep
• traumatic birth experiences
• infant temperament, illness, and prematurity
• childhood abuse and partner violence
• psychotherapy
• complementary and integrative therapies
• community support for new mothers
• antidepressant medication
• suicide and infanticide.

This most recent edition incorporates new research findings from around the world on risk factors, the use of antidepressants, the impact of breastfeeding, and complementary and integrative therapies as well as updated research into racial/ethnic minority differences. Rich with case illustrations and invaluable in treating mothers in need of help, this practical, evidence-based guide dispels the myths that hinder effective treatment and presents up-to-date information on the impact of maternal depression on the mother and their infants alike.

Intrapartum Care is collection of articles that provides the latest insights from thought leaders on topics such as: - How Biological Nurturing (BN) helps promote infants' primitive neonatal reflexes (PNR) and improves latch and milk flow. - How infants use their hands to locate and shape nipples for a better latch. - Why just one bottle can have an adverse effect on the newborn gut microbiome, which predisposes infants to infection and illness. - 10 steps to help intrapartum nurses help mothers meet their breastfeeding goals. - The effects of maternal IV fluid on early infant weight loss. - Overcoming feeding challenges for late preterm infants. - The relationship between decreased breastfeeding and the immune-related diseases that plague post-industrial societies. - The relationship between Sudden Unexplained Postnatal Collapse and maternal positions while breastfeeding.

Lactation Management II provides the latest insights from thought leaders on topics such as: - Breastfeeding support provided by Baby Caf USA - How and when to use the WHO and CDC growth charts - Using WHO growth charts to educate mothers rather than using it to diagnose infants - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions for mothers to express milk at work - 5 factors that help working mothers meet their breastfeeding goals - Strategies used by breastfeeding mothers to achieve their breastfeeding goals

Lactation Management I provides the latest insights from thought leaders on topics such as: - The impact of marijuana breastfeeding infants - Helping mothers on the autistic spectrum meet their breastfeeding goals - Visitation rights post-divorce for breastfeeding infants - Dental caries and the breastfeeding infant - Helping breastfeeding mothers avoid carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive stress injuries - Omega-3s supplementation in pregnant and postpartum women - Pediatric nurses and breastfeeding support - Vitamin D recommendations for pregnant and breastfeeding women - Breastfeeding after the use of radiology contrast dyes

The Science of Mother-Infant Sleep is a compilation of recent articles that address these important questions. Our goal was to bring together recent evidence about the safety of sleep practices so that parents and professionals can make informed, evidence-based decisions. The Science of Mother-Infant Sleep is a collaborative project by an international working group of experts on mother-baby sleep. - Sleep-Training and Cry-It-Out Techniques - Do they impact infant health and development? - What should parents know? - Parental Decisions about Infant Sleep - What is normal infant sleep? - How can parents calm a crying baby?

Depression in New Mothers, Volume 1: Causes, Consequences, and Risk Factors provides a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to understanding symptoms and risk factors of depression, anxiety, and PTSD in perinatal women.

Professional Development is a collection of articles with the latest insights from thought leaders that will help you continue to grow as a lactation consultant. Topics include: - The journey from volunteer counselor to professional clinician - Improving the quality and consistency of lactation care - A new U.S. provider category and taxonomy code established for non-RN IBCLCs - Texting as a way to communicate effectively with today's mothers - Using social media to reach and support clients - Generational differences between mothers and providers - Offering lactation expertise and support in online settings - Managing a paperless private lactation practice, with all charting, records, communications, and care plans in one place - Burnout and compassion fatigue and the importance of professional self-care

This book explores the impact of trauma and dissociation on physical health throughout the lifespan. Important chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and chronic pain, are examined. In addition, trauma in childbearing women is considering, specifically examining the short- and long-term effects of the birth experience itself. Dissociation's effect on long-term health is also described, and how it might manifest in patients in health care settings.

This book was based on a special issue of Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.

This book explores the impact of trauma and dissociation on physical health throughout the lifespan. Important chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and chronic pain, are examined. In addition, trauma in childbearing women is considering, specifically examining the short- and long-term effects of the birth experience itself. Dissociation's effect on long-term health is also described, and how it might manifest in patients in health care settings.

This book was based on a special issue of Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.

Recent years have witnessed considerable growth in the field of psychoneuroimmunology, which describes how psychological factors, such as stress and depression, impact the neurological and immune systems. Research increasingly indicates that psychological states play a key role in the development and exacerbation of inflammatory diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's, and autoimmune disorders.

In this book, editor Kathleen Kendall-Tackett and an elite group of researchers explore the ways physical and psychological stressors such as poor sleep, PTSD, and depression, trigger the inflammatory response and increase the risk of disease. They approach this material from a variety of perspectives. Chapters in Part I describe the biological processes involved in inflammation, focusing on both the typical bodily response to threat as well as on the long-term deleterious effects of stress upon the immune system; while chapters in Part II examine the role of psychosocial stress in disease etiology. Throughout, chapter authors present evidence of connections between mind and body, and emphasize the need for improved communication between physicians and mental health care providers.

This book will be a valuable resource for researchers as well as practitioners who hope to share the benefits of these findings with their clients.