About This Guide
This guide is for the Continuing Education Breastfeeding program. With content directly related to course topics, it's a great starting point for research and assignments.
Use the Get Help page to contact Mohawk Library, for research tips, and the OntarioLearn guide for learning more about it.
Resources
Breastfeeding: Methods, Benefits to the Infant and Mother, and Difficulties by Publication Date: 2009eBook
Drugs in pregnancy and lactation: a reference guide to fetal and neonatal risk by Publication Date: 2022eBook
Hale's Medications & Mothers' Milk: A Manual of Lactational Pharmacology by Publication Date: 2019eBook
Breast Milk by Publication Date: 2016
Breast or Bottle? : Contemporary Controversies in Infant-Feeding Policy and Practice by Publication Date: 2013eBook
Milk by Publication Date: 2016
- Common Breastfeeding Positions (Video Duration 5 minutes)
Watch demonstrations of the three most common ways to hold your breastfeeding baby. - Breastfeeding: Latching On and Removing Baby from the Breast (Video Duration 4 minutes)Watch several moms demonstrate how to properly attach their babies to their breasts and safely remove them at the end of the feeding or when the latch is incorrect.
- Hand Expression in Breastfeeding (Video Duration 5 minutes)After watching this program, the viewer should understand the importance of hand expression when breastfeeding an infant and the benefits to mother and baby, as well as the specific techniques involved.
- Helpful Strategies for Successful Breastfeeding (Video Duration 5 minutes)Watch some common, effective strategies that may help make breastfeeding easier.
- Breastfeeding: Overcoming the Challenges of Breastfeeding (Video Duration 5 minutes)Learn some effective strategies for managing the problems and stresses that new breastfeeding mothers often experience.
- Maternal Challenges (Video Duration 38 minutes)Topics include: nipple shape, nipple pain, and parent fatigue. Use anticipatory guidance and learn when to refer a mother to an IBCLC. See a summary of maternal challenges.
- Newborn Care: Breastfeeding Overview (Video Duration 6 minutes)Learn some of the benefits of breastfeeding your newborn, how to properly hold him or her, and attach her to your breast.
- Breastfeeding: Breast Milk Production and Benefits (Video Duration 4 minutes)Learn how your post-pregnancy breasts produce enough milk to feed your baby and how breastfeeding is healthy for both of you.