Breastfeeding Resources for Healthcare Professionals
This a collection of breastfeeding resources designed for healthcare professionals. If you are not a healthcare professional, please use these resources only under the guidance of your own healthcare providers.
Breast Anatomy and Lactation Physiology
- Breast Anatomy & Lactation (Video, 7min 27sec)
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocols
(additional ABM protocols can be found here)
- Supplementation (Document)
- Human Milk Storage (Document)
- Galactagogues (Document)
- Breastfeeding the Late Pre-Term Infant (Document)
- Jaundice (Document)
- Allergic Proctocolitis in the Exclusively Breastfed Infant (Document)
- Persistent Pain (Document)
- Mastitis Spectrum (includes Engorgement) (Document)
- Bedsharing and Breastfeeding (Document)
- Supporting Breastfeeding During Maternal or Child Hospitalization (Document)
UNC School of Medicine Center for Maternal and Infant Health
(additional UNC resources here)
- Lactation Pain Protocol
- Covers evaluation and treatment of mastitis, bacterial infection, irritant dermatitis, milk bleb, blocked duct, oversupply, vasospasm/functional pain, myofascial pain, ductal infection, candida
- Breast Milk and Nipple Culture Collection Protocol
Medication Safety
- Texas TIPS provides information about exposures related to pregnancy and breastfeeding
- InfantRisk Center for Healthcare Providers App (Android & iOS)
- Medications & Mothers’ Milk Book or Online Database (subscription often available through your institution)
- e-lactancia (has medications and herbs)
- The above resources can be used in conjunction with the Medication in Lactation Algorithm in a shared decision-making process considering maternal and infant factors.
Ankyloglossia
- Tongue-Ties and Babies (Video, 10min 52sec)
- How Tongue-Tie affects Breastfeeding Mechanics (Document)
- Breastfeeding Improvement Following Tongue-Tie and Lip-Tie Release: A Prospective Cohort Study (Article)
- Ankyloglossia: Assessment, Incidence, and Effect of Frenuloplasty on the Breastfeeding Dyad (Article)
Stanford Medicine Breastfeeding Resources
(additional resources can be found here)
- Preparing for Successful Breastfeeding (Video, 15min 25sec)
- Maximizing Milk Production with Hands-On Pumping (Video, 9min 34sec)
- Hand Expression of Breast Milk (Video, 7min 33sec)
- Babies at Risk (Document, plus links at bottom of page for Sub-Groups at Risk for Lactation Failure)
- C-section mothers
- Mothers with multiples
- Infants who have not latched-on or nursed effectively for 12 hours
- Mothers of NICU or PSCN infants
- Infants supplemented more than once in 24 hours
- Infants < 38 weeks or less than 6 pounds
- Infant with loss of 10% birth weight
- Mothers with breast surgery
- Mothers with a history of breastfeeding failure
- Antepartum mothers at risk of preterm delivery
Global Health Media Breastfeeding Videos
(additional videos can also be found here)
- Breastfeeding Attachment (Video, 10min 20sec)
- Breastfeeding Positions (Video, 9min 42sec)
- Nipple Pain (Video, 7min 47sec)
- Breast Pain includes engorgement, plugged ducts, and mastitis (Video, 7min 54sec)
Other Breastfeeding Resources for Healthcare Professionals
- Lactation Foundation’s Pumping Guide
- Nose-to-Nipple Latch Technique (Video, 1min 30sec)
- Therapeutic Breast Massage (Video, 4min 37sec)
- International Breastfeeding Centre Videos
- Physician Guide to Breastfeeding
- Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding & Lactation Education / IABLE (Cont. Ed. opportunities)