Pocket Guide for Lactation Management, Fourth Edition continues to be an essential resource for new and experienced lactation care providers, midwives, women’s health providers, pediatric care providers and other clinicians who provide care to breastfeeding families. Convenient and easy-to-use, it offers problem solving and counseling strategies for the wide variety of situations commonly encountered by those working with childbearing families. Topics include breastfeeding and public health, the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding for hospitals and birth centers, normal breastfeeding, and addressing challenges from both the mother’s and baby’s perspectives.

 

The Fourth Edition was updated throughout to reflect the most recent research in lactation care. It also features updates to the section covering the Baby-Friendly steps to incorporate revised global standards published by the World Health Organization & UNICEF in 2018, and updated appendices.