Breast Feeding: A Guide for Midwives

Designed to offer advice to practicing midwives, this book looks at the advantages of breastfeeding, how it works, the practicalities of breastfeeding - including a look at positioning the baby at the breast - as well as self-regulated feeding, frequency and duration of feeding. A section on problems caused by incorrect positioning, insufficient milk, painful breastfeeding, sore nipples, blocked ducts, mastitis, breast abscess and thrush is also included.

Title - Breast Feeding: A Guide for Midwives

Edition -

Author - Dora Henschell

ISBN 13 - 9781898507123

Imprint - Books for Midwives

Publisher - Elsevier Health Sciences

Date Published - 01/06/1994

Prize -

No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - x 210 x mm

Weight - 255 g

Languages - English