A user-friendly orientation and guide to the lactation consultant profession for those interested in running a full-time, profitable, and long-term lactation consultant practice. Author Linda J. Smith presents her original “ABC” sequential format of essential skills necessary to start a successful practice in three balanced sections: Attitude, Business Skills, and Clinical Skills. Each section begins with an overview, contains a “pitfalls and problems” chapter and two examples of successful private practices from around the world.

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	Fifteen lactation consultants in private practice describe how to become a lactation consultant, tell what private practice looks like, and give specific tips for operating a practice.
	Contains sample professional documents, clinical forms and handouts, sample reports to physicians, sources for supplies and equipment, and a client satisfaction survey sample.
	The ABC format of the sections allows readers to explore attitudes and abilities that make or break a successful PPLC, business skills for opening a private practice, and clinical aspects needed to operate a private lactation practice.

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Comprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review is designed to help in preparation for the IBLCE exam. The text parallels the 13 content areas of the IBLCE examination. This review is perfect for candidates for the IBLCE lactation consultant examination and re-certification, breastfeeding/lactation specialists, dietitians, childbirth educators, nurses, and breastfeeding counselors. 
The companion CD-ROM contains 240 full color clinical pictures.
Contains three complete 200-question exams, each balanced to the IBLCE blueprint, giving the students an opportunity to practice answering questions comparable to the “real” ones. More ...

The Breastfeeding Atlas, Second Edition, is even more outstanding than the first edition! 360 full-color photographs of mothers, babies, conditions, and real-life situations with accompanying text are assembled in a spiral binding, allowing the pages to lie flat so the reader can better see the detailed and high-quality images.

All 360 photographs from the second edition will be available on CD ROM in the summer of 2003. These images are 1152 x 768 pixels, 24 bit color JPGs. They may be used as a slide set would be, and may be imported into presentations for educational purposes. None of these images may be reproduced for mass distribution or sale.
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Based on the IBCLC exam blueprint, this new resource allows aspiring and established lactation consultants to assess their knowledge, experience, and expertise in developing an effective study plan for certification. Those who contributed to this text bring a wealth of knowledge and experience into a forum designed to ultimately benefit the mothers, babies, and families to whom lactation consultants are responsible. The 6.5 in. x 9 in. (16.5 cm x 22.5 cm) pages are a little smaller than most Jones & Bartlett paperbacks that we carry. More ...

This 1999 edition of Nighttime Parenting still speaks to the hearts of sensitive parents. Pediatrician William Sears urges parents to have confidence in their own intuition and to be responsive to their babies and young children at night. This revised edition includes the latest research on how sharing sleep may reduce SIDS risk, and provides tips for safe sleep-sharing. Dr. Sears helps parents understand how and why babies sleep differently than adults. More ...

>From the back cover: Now in its eleventh edition, Medications and Mothers' Milk is a worldwide best-selling reference for evaluating medication use in breastfeeding mothers. Since its original publication in 1992, Medications and Mothers' Milk has quickly become the most comprehensive source throughout the world for professionals and for mothers seeking the best pharmacological advice in breastfeeding. With each consecutive edition, Medications and Mothers' Milk has gained momentum and this volume is no different. This all-inclusive reference contains page after page of the most current information availablo in this field including new studies and additional drug entries.

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A comprehensive reference guide that addresses issues surrounding breastfeeding in medically complicated situations, this book explores a wide variety of information from the common cold to Sheehan's syndrome. Breastfeeding Conditions and Diseases also includes suggestions on how to help breastfeeding mothers in difficult situations, fully referenced data, up-to-date research on human milk and breastfeeding, and background information on medical conditions. More ...

Provides a useful framework upon which assessors can construct a well-rounded process for determining the breastfeeding status of mothers and infants.

The text explores the hallmarks of breastfeeding problems that can be seen, heard, or otherwise observed, and allows the assessor to distinguish between breastfeeding problems, breastfeeding problems that are actually medical problems, and medical problems. Also explored are the multi-factoral components of breastfeeding that contribute to the assessor's construction of individually tailored solutions, and/or appropriate referrals. More ...

Current Issues in Clinical Lactation 2002 adds to the growing body of information on lactation science and its clinical application by providing new insights on issues affecting successful breastfeeding. Patients' perceptions of providers' views on breastfeeding, inadequate screening of the mother for alcohol consumption, prematurity, and the effects of a non-supportive culture are explored. More ...

Clinical Lactation: A Visual Guide

Kathleen Auerbach, PhD, IBCLC & Jan Riordan, EdD, ARNP, IBCLC, FAAN

Successful treatment requires the health-care worker to be able to readily assess and recognize clinical conditions. Clinical Lactation: A Visual Guide presents over 100 full color photographs of clinical conditions associated with breastfeeding including normal anatomical variations of breasts and nipples and special conditions of the nipples and/or breasts that can complicate the breastfeeding experience.
The leading authors of several best-selling breastfeeding books that have been written for health care professionals developed Clinical Lactation: A Visual Guide. This invaluable resource prepares clinicians for practice by enabling them to evaluate photographs of both overt and subtle differences in clinical presentations.  More ...

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New knowledge and awareness has changed the field of lactation and thus prompted the extensive revision and updating of this classic text. Recognized as the leading reference on the subject, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Third Edition, provides the clinical topics and problem-solving guidance that lactation consultants and other women's health professionals need in professional practice or in preparation for taking the IBLCE examination.

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This text is designed to accompany Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Second Edition. It has been developed specifically to help the reader prepare for the certification examination in lactation. The new study guide includes a chapter on maternal nutrition, outlines of each chapter, key concepts, multiple-choice short-answer, and essay questions, and story problems. Together, these texts are the most complete references available for the study of breastfeeding and human lactation.

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This pocket-sized reference is a must for all practitioners who work with breastfeeding women. It is a quick and easy reference that answers clinical questions about breastfeeding, and covers topics such as medications, birth control, maternal infections, breast lumps, and mastitis. It can be used independently or as a companion to Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Second Edition, the classic breastfeeding text by the same authors.

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The title says it all - this is an impressive, handy, and easy-to use summary of the best research on early management of the breastfeeding dyad, with levels of evidence supporting each practice. A must have resource for professionals working with newborns. More ...

With enlightening historical and cultural perspectives on breastfeeding, Counseling the Nursing Mother takes great care to introduce and explain the complete spectrum of the lactation consultant profession. Major issues that are addressed cover the entire range of prenatal concerns through weaning, maternal health, and nutrition. 
What initially appears to be an uncomplicated issue, is really as dynamic and complex as life itself—breastfeeding. Exploring the wondrous science of lactation, Counseling the Nursing Mother is written for the entire community of caring people who strive to ensure the health of the infant. The glossary in the back of the book provides an excellent study tool to prepare for the lactation consultant certification exam.  More ...

Convenient and functional, Pocket Guide for Counseling the Nursing Mother will help lactation consultants establish partnerships with mothers to build confidence and self-esteem and provide an effective learning environment to involve mothers actively in problem-solving and decision-making.

Jones & Bartlett, ISBN: 0763718203, © 2002, spiral soft cover, 460 pages, 4 in. x 7 in. (about 10 cm x 17.5 cm),

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When counseling breastfeeding families who ask how weaning happens, author Diane Bengson says, "Gradually, with love." She answers the many questions she's seen hundreds of families bring up through her years as a La Leche League Leader and wrapped her own as well as their personal experiences into her book How Weaning Happens. She covers social and cultural differences among the breastfeeding families, pressures to wean, natural weaning and various other reasons to wean. She also writes about the physical and emotional changes of mother and child in a nursing relationship. How Weaning Happens is the first complete book on the topic from LLLI.

La Leche League International, ISBN: 0912500549, © 1999, 7.25 in. x 9.25 in (about 18.5 cm x 23.5 cm), soft cover, 156 Pages,

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Many a modern mother has felt as though she has embarked on uncharted waters as she continues to breastfeed a child into toddlerhood. The child's need to nurse is clear-but mother has lots of questions. In Mothering Your Nursing Toddler, author Norma Jane Bumgarner puts the experience of nursing an older baby or child in perspective, within the context of the entire mother-child relationship. She cites biological, cultural, and historical evidence in support of extended breastfeeding and shares stories gleaned from thousands of families in which nursing and natural weaning have been the norm. With warm insight into the needs of both mothers and children, this book covers what parents need to know about nursing toddlers.

La Leche League International, ISBN: 0912500522, © 2000, 6 in. x 9 in (about 15 cm x 23 cm), soft cover, 308 Pages,

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This LLLI book offers clear and concise information about how to breastfeed the premature baby and why breastfeeding is so important for these tiny infants. This publication provides breastfeeding basics as well as complete information on pumping, milk storage, and feeding your baby. Updated to include information on how to use nipple shields and how to position baby correctly at the breast, supporting both the neck and shoulders. Complete with references and resource list.

La Leche League International, ISBN: 0912500506, © 1998, paperback, 60 Pages,

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Karen Kerkhoff Gromada expands an LLLI best-seller of 15 years to include a plethora of updated information for parents of multiples, especially discussing how to work together as a team. With an emphasis on attachment-style parenting, Gromada discusses parenting multiples from pregnancy and birth to toddlerhood, including infant care and maternal care, and the inclusion of older babies in the enlarged family. She has based this expanded revision on her experience counseling thousands of women as a lactation consultant and La Leche League Leader and founder of the first LLL group for families with multiples. Gromada also includes a resource guide, index and recent photos.

La Leche League International, ISBN: 0912500514, © 1999, 6 in. x 9 in (about 15 cm x 23 cm), Soft Cover, 353 Pages, $14.95

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The only comprehensive resource on the market today that specifically addresses the questions surrounding the special circumstances of a woman who has had breast reduction surgery and wishes to breastfeed her children.

Most women who have had or are considering breast reduction surgeries are told in very uncertain terms that breastfeeding may or may not be a possibility for them. Some women are even told, most often incorrectly, that breastfeeding will be impossible following breast reduction surgery. In the past, this may have been more true but with advances in surgical techniques for reduction mammoplasty (breast reduction), surgeons are increasingly able to preserve milk-producing tissue so that women who have had breast reductions are able to breastfeed. Even so, however, many surgeons and health care professionals are still unaware of the effects these types of surgeries have on breastfeeding and are therefore unable to give the detailed answers and support these women need when they are ready to breastfeed their children. Unfortunately, in a day and age when the phenomenal and unmatchable benefits of breastfeeding are returning to the forefront of common knowledge and medical wisdom, many of these women feel forced to abandon breastfeeding in favor of exclusive formula feeding simply because no one around them knew enough about their specific issues to be able to educate them or fully support their efforts. The truth is most of these women are capable of breastfeeding and they should have the information they need in order to empower them to give their very best to their babies.

Written for the woman who has had or is considering breast reduction surgery and for the surgeons and other health care professionals who come into contact with her, this book provides detailed, critical information and valuable insights into BFAR specific issues. DEFINING YOUR OWN SUCCESS puts the challenges of breastfeeding after reduction into perspective.

La Leche League International, ISBN: 0912500867, © 2001, 6 in. x 9 in (about 15 cm x 23 cm), Soft Cover, 328 Pages

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Coach's Notebook: Games for Lactation Education contains a wide variety of games and interactivities for teaching breastfeeding and human lactation. Each of the games included has been tried, tested, and refined by the author and other educators. For each game you'll find goals, ideal audiences, times to play, and specific instructions to make teaching (and learning) human lactation fun and informative.

IJones & Bartlett, SBN: 0-7637-1819-X, © 2002, soft cover, 192 pages

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Published by the National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy, this book is a full-color, compelling guide to the WHO Code for any breastfeeding advocate. Includes a list of the "consequences of not breastfeeding" in language that assumes breastfeeding is the norm. An appendix includes the complete text of the Code as drafted in 1981, along with all the Resolutions that have amended the Code up to the date of publication. Extensive references are listed in alphabetical order for easy access.

NABA REAL, 8.5" by 11" (about 21 cm by 28 cm), soft cover, 106 pages, $10.00

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Reclaiming Breastfeeding for the United States: Protection, Promotion, and Support examines the progress that has been made in the United States toward reclaiming breastfeeding as the socially accepted way to feed babies and young children. It also addresses the work that that needs to be done. Articles written by experts in the field assess the issues surrounding reclaiming breastfeeding and have presented an up-to-date review of, and suggestions for, the current direction of efforts to promote, protect, and support breastfeeding in the context of health policy and practice in the United States.

Jones & Bartlett, ISBN: 0763720968, © 2002, soft cover, 204 pages

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The authors have been collecting these stories and anecdotes for almost three decades. The flow of absurd advice, ridiculous reasons to wean, and silly statements continues. Some of these stories are only a few months old. Fortunately, the climate of ignorance, prejudice, and hostility toward breastfeeding, which provided fertile ground for these stories, is rapidly and thankfully diminishing. While this ignorance lasts, we believe that exposing it is one means to combat it.

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