The Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians, 3rd Edition, is the definitive resource on breastfeeding initiation, maintenance, support, and advocacy. Jointly developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), this must-have handbook features the most important and up-to-date developments in breastfeeding practice, research, policies, and outreach guidance, assembled by an expert physician panel.

All health professionals in your practice will refer to this convenient handbook again and again for easily accessible answers, solutions, and teaching and learning aids.

The third edition contains a wealth of practice-focused advice based on frontline clinical experience and the latest evidence for breastfeeding. Topics include:

Cleft lip and cleft palate in breastfeeding infants
Risk reductions in breastfeeding infants
Neurodevelopmental outcomes of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding in preterm infants
Health benefits of breastfeeding for mothers
Recommended breastfeeding strategies for health professionals
Breastfeeding education
Recommended breastfeeding practices
Risk factors for lactation problems
Human milk microbiota and bioactive factors
Breast development stages and lactogenesis
Supporting early breastfeeding before and after delivery
Breastfeeding assessment tools
Ankyloglossia and breastfeeding
Insufficient milk
Vitamin and mineral supplementation
Breastfeeding guidance during preventive health care visits
Management of breastfeeding complications
Elements of a breastfeeding-friendly office environment
National breastfeeding initiatives
Feeding human milk without birthing
Relactation
Supplemental feeding methods
Drugs and breastfeeding
Contraception When Breastfeeding
And more!


New in the 3rd Edition

The latest AAP and ACOG breastfeeding policies
An all-new chapter on the Nonnutritive Components in Human Milk, including bioactive factors and host defense mechanisms
New guidance on breastfeeding and substance use, including electronic cigarettes and alcohol
Updated life-saving breastfeeding support strategies for inclusion in disaster preparedness plans
Current evidence on infant and maternal outcomes from breastfeeding
Updated guidance on vitamin D, vitamin K, and iron supplementation in newborns
Updated discussion of breastfeeding and environmental agents, including sunscreen
New guidance for COVID-19 and breastfeeding
Updated discussion of legislative protections for mothers in the workplace