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MedicineThe Breastfeeding Book for Special Children
Breastfeeding and Caring for Premature, Ill, or Disabled Newborn Babies
by Brigitte Benkert
The practical handbook for nurses, midwives, and breastfeeding counselors that explains breastfeeding problems that may be encountered with premature and newborn babies, and shows how these special children can be breastfed successfully. The author defines and describes how the time of birth affects a premature baby’s development and explains the concept of “gentle care for premature babies,” presenting it as a resource-oriented, development-supporting approach to care. She explains what is required in order to breastfeed successfully, clearly distinguishing between various difficult starting scenarios for breastfeeding. Target Group: Nurses, midwives, and breastfeeding counselors
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2022A Healthy Pregnancy with Selected (Micro)Nutrients
by Uwe Gröber
Adequate nutrition and a healthy lifestyle – before and during pregnancy - are of great importance for a trouble-free pregnancy, birth, and the subsequent development of the child. Since the nutritional status before the onset of pregnancy influences both fertility and the course of pregnancy, including complications, the birth and breastfeeding, close attention should be paid to a healthy diet and adequate supply of essential (micro)nutrients well in advance and not only at the family planning stage. Poor micronutrient status prior to conception is often carried over into pregnancy, and can significantly increase the risk of pregnancy complications and, for example, lead to the dreaded spina bifida in the child. This patient guide tells you what you need to know! Various micronutrients are described in detail. Special emphasis is placed on the latest study results concerning pregnancy and nutrition.
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2022Pharmacology for Midwives
Principles, theory and practice
by Dr. Philipp Kircher, Elisabeth Remplik and Dr. Peter Killian
Midwives use drugs on their own authority, or guide and support pregnant and breastfeeding women in their therapy. At the same time, the giving of drugs during pregnancy and lactation frequently entails a balancing act between medical need and experience on the one hand and often the absence of studies with evidence of harmlessness and safety on the other. Anyone who wants to make the correct decisions and deal responsibly with this dilemma can only do so on the basis of solid knowledge. This new reference book provides ideal preparation and imparts the necessary information: - General advice on the handling of drugs and the principles of pharmacology - Description of common drug substances and particular aspects of their use in pregnancy, childbirth and lactation - Treatment options from complementary medicine and phytotherapy - Advice about correct diet The clear and concise presentation of facts as well as numerous illustrations make it easier to understand and grasp the content. Text boxes highlight important elements or refer the reader to interesting additional information: The textbook and reference work for students, practical training and everyday work!
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March 2024Born Hutsi
by Fiston Mudacumura
The author was raised in a family of only survivors from the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis. Even FARG (A survivors fund) allegedly paid for his school fees for some time. Through FARG reform, he learned that his father had associated with perpetrators even if he was also killed in 1994. Digesting that information as a teenager was not easy. In this book, you read about his other close-to-normal upbringing like infatuation, sex advice from fellow teenagers, getting conned in Paris and arrested on his first trip to France, his take from the "Ndi umunyarwanda" campaign, #PK saving him from getting expelled at the university, joining a political party at the university,...
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Pregnancy, birth & baby careNutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding
by Natalie Stadelmann
Pregnant! A special phase of your life begins! For 40 weeks, your body is now caring for the growing baby. Accordingly, it is important that you eat a balanced and healthy diet. Because the right diet promotes the healthy development of the baby. In this book you will learn what is important, what it is better to do without and why you can sometimes give in to your spontaneous cravings. You will learn how important the nutrients folic acid, zinc, iodine and iron are, especially during this time, and how you can easily cover the additional requirements. With a conscious diet during pregnancy, you can already prevent allergies of the unborn baby and shape its taste. By omitting individual foods such as raw dairy products and raw meat and fish, you reduce the risk of bacterial infections during pregnancy. After all, at hardly any other time is a healthy diet as crucial as during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Natalie Stadelmann explains in her new book what is important. Valuable tips help to alleviate complaints such as nausea, ravenous appetite and baby blues. Because also with movement and a balanced nutrition one can pregnancy discomforts to body. The book is supplemented by helpful tips from the wealth of experience of the well-known midwife Ingeborg Stadelmann.
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Family & healthWE LIKE TO NURSE
by Chia Martin
This book celebrates breastfeeding for young children and mothers. .
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Pregnancy, birth & baby careOctober 2021Consultation with a midwife
by Ingeborg Stadelmann
Over 750.000 copies sold in Germany. The bestseller for pregnant women: completely revised and expanded. This guidebook accompanies you competently and reliably from the beginning of pregnancy until the first year of your child's life. Ingeborg Stadelmann, midwife and naturopathy expert, accompanies you sensitively, expertly and with a realistic view through the time of pregnancy, birth, postpartum and breastfeeding. She encourages you in your self-determination and personal responsibility and takes you gently by the hand in difficult moments. In most cases, it is "rescue forces" from nature that help and calm the situation, whether aroma mixtures, homeopathic globules, Bach flowers or teas. To which kind of support or therapy you feel attracted, you will recognize yourself. “Since 'Die Hebammen-Sprechstunde' came into existence, there has been a noticeable change in the self-confident way in which expectant parents deal with pregnancy, birth, the postpartum period and breastfeeding. Ingeborg Stadelmann encourages mothers and fathers-to-be to take their own responsibility and trust in their own strength." Dr. Christiane Schwarz, Professor of Midwifery at the University of Lübeck
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Children's & YATHE BIRTH OF EUGENIA
by Candy Tejera, Cristina Méndez
Eugenia means "Good Birth". In this original story, Eugenia speaks directly to children about how she was gestated, how she is going to be born at that day and then feed by her mum. The book aims to help children be familiar with essential life stages of pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, all this in an entertaining way. It is a perfect educational tool for both teachers and parents, to introduce these issues to toddlers, especially before the arrival of new sibling.
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Paediatric medicineNovember 2011Updating the USDA National Breastfeeding Campaign
Workshop Summary
by Paula Tarnapol Whitacre and Sheila Moats, Rapporteurs; Food and Nutrition Board; Institute of Medicine
Support for breastfeeding has been a priority of the WIC program since its inception in the 1970s. The Loving Support Makes Breastfeeding Work campaign, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Services launched in 1997, emphasizes key components needed for a breastfeeding mother to be successful. More than a decade after the campaign began, USDA wants to update it, taking into account changes in the WIC program, participants, and technology. On April 26, 2011, the IOM hosted a workshop to bring together experts to discuss what has changed since Loving Support began, lessons learned from other public health campaigns, and suggestions for where to take the campaign in the future.
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Poetry by individual poetsMay 2014Look At All The Women
by Cathy Bryant
Look at all the women! What a waste of time life would be without them. Women are everywhere and doing everything - fighting the Nazis, breastfeeding babies, falling in love (or at least tripping over it), feeling embarrassed, inventing new passionate positions or, in our myths, flying to the moon or singing sailors to their doom. These poems capture their voices in a variety of forms, sometimes with bite and sometimes with a gleeful grin.
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Pregnancy, birth & baby careNovember 2016Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matter
by Gabrielle Palmer
The Politics of Breastfeeding, first published in 1988, remains a hugely important book. It exposes infant feeding as one of the most important global public health issues of our time, and describes how big business and vested interests influence the intimate relationship between mothers and their babies to the detriment of all, rich or poor, in the West or in the developing world. In Why the Politics of Breastfeeding Matter, the central ideas of The Politics of Breastfeeding are distilled into a concise form, making it the perfect introduction to understanding the complex forces that govern what many think of as a simple choice to breastfeed or not.
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Mount Milk
by Melania Longo, Alessandro Sanna
Let’s discover a particular mountain, with familiartraits, where something extraordinary happens everyday. Extraordinary is the relationship between amother and a newborn baby: the expectations, thefirst glances... The story of a bond that can transformthe world and, even before, that changes the twoprotagonists: the mother and the child. Through fallsand ascents, they will learn the joy of being themselfand to trust each other.With the intense illustrations by Alessandro Sanna,first Italian Children’s Laureate chosen by theAssociation of Independent Children’s Bookstores(Alir).
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Dietetics & nutritionJanuary 1991Nutrition During Lactation
by Committee on Nutritional Status During Pregnancy and Lactation, Institute of Medicine
On the basis of a comprehensive literature review and analysis, Nutrition During Lactation points out specific directions for needed research in understanding the relationship between the nutrition of healthy mothers and the outcomes of lactation. Of widest interest are the committee's clear-cut recommendations for mothers and health care providers. The volume presents data on who among U.S. mothers is breastfeeding, a critical evaluation of methods for assessing the nutritional status of lactating women, and an analysis of how to relate the mother's nutrition to the volume and composition of the milk. Available data on the links between a mother's nutrition and the nutrition and growth of her infant and current information on the risk of transmission through breastfeeding of allergic diseases, environmental toxins, and certain viruses (including the HIV virus) are included. Nutrition During Lactation also studies the effects of maternal cigarette smoking, drug use, and alcohol consumption.
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MedicineBriggs Update: Drugs in Preganancy and Lactation
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by Gerald G Briggs BPharm, FCCP , Roger K Freeman MD
Quarterly - 2013 Volume(s) - 24 http://www.lww.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product__11851_-1_9012052_Prod-08976112 An A-Z listing of drugs by generic name. Each monograph summarizes the known and/or possible effects of the drug on the fetus. It also summarizes the known/possible passage of the drug into the human breast milk. A careful and exhaustive summarization of the world literature as it relates to drugs in pregnancy and lactation. Each monograph contains six parts: Generic US name Pharmacologic class Risk factor Fetal risk summary Breast feeding summary References Features for this edition include: 1200 commonly prescribed drugs including 105 new drugs New mobile application to access the content on the go* Cross-referenced combination drugs New list of drugs contraindicated during breastfeeding New list of drugs contraindicated in pregnancy List of drugs known to cause human developmental toxicity More summaries at the beginning for pregnancy and breastfeeding Brand new trim size 8.5 x 11 4-color design Consistently formatted throughout Companion site includes fully searchable text and updates from the Briggs newsletter *App included with the book is a free version with limited content. An in-app purchase is available for an upgrade to the full app content. With the ever changing drug information and guidelines, make sure you have the most current edition of Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation to provide your patients with the best care.
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The Herbal Doula
Plant Medicine for Fertility, Community Care, and Birthwork
by Marie White
Herbal medicines are effective for a host of pregnancy and birth-related concerns. From nausea and mastitis to c-section wounds and fertility assistance, all-natural remedies can be used safely and effectively—and can even amplify the positive outcomes of conventional reproductive medicine treatments. Yet many women and birthing people don’t know where to start, or how to find reliable information that’s vetted, trustworthy, and—most importantly—safe for their fertility, babies, and babies-to-be.The Herbal Doula demystifies herbal reproductive care, offering open and expert guidance in being your own budding fertility, conception, and pregnancy doula—or supplementing your existing care plan with your midwife, doula, or physician. Practical chapters explore: -Herbs for fertility, infertility, and inclusive conception -Herbal remedies for common pregnancy side effects like nausea, heartburn, constipation, hemorrhoids, edema, UTIs, fatigue, and prenatal mood swings -Miscarriage, abortion, and caring for yourself after pregnancy loss -Herbs for the fourth trimester: perineal injuries, C-section wounds, breast care, and postpartum depression -Herbal approaches to breastfeeding and chestfeeding: increasing and decreasing milk supply, plugged ducts, and mastitis -How, when, and when not to use herbs while pregnant and breastfeeding -How to source, store, and use herbs safely -Care and herbal medicine for doulas and birthworkers -A doula’s essential materia medica While many traditional herbals rely on outdated gender norms, classist assumptions, or problematic standards of care, The Herbal Doula is written for readers of all genders and body types, approaching herbal care with a HAES (health at every size) lens. It celebrates herbal pregnancy and birth work as collective care, recognizing chosen family, disability dignity, and the importance of daily practice in a guide you’ll return to again and again throughout any and all stages of your journey
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Pregnancy, birth & baby careJune 2017
Why Mothers' Medication Matters
by Wendy Jones
Prescribing medication for breastfeeding women can be complex, and often there are no studies to show whether drugs are safe for lactating women. Yet mothers often need medication: whether short term use of painkillers, mental health drugs, or drugs to treat chronic conditions Wendy Jones gives mothers and those treating them the information they need to make decisions about medication, while allaying fears that many have about adverse effects on babies of drugs passing through breastmilk as well as explaining the cautions on patient information leaflets in all medication boxes. Why Mothers’ Medication Matters is a practical, reassuring book that aims to put mothers and babies at the heart of their own care.
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Home nursing & caringJanuary 2021Aroma blends for mother and child
Natural body care during pregnancy, birth and the first year
by Ingeborg Stadelmann
Natural body care during pregnancy, birth and the first year This handbook is the ideal complement to Ingeborg Stadelmann's "A consultation of a Midwife". It offers you many tips and recommendations on how to safely use the original Stadelmann® aroma blends from the Bahnhof-Apotheke Kempten during pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding, as well as on the baby. Natural blends are valuable companions for body care and everyday ailments. They have proven themselves for massages and baths, wraps and rubs, for room scenting and as natural perfumes. Four application areas help to quickly find all topics from anxiety to teething problems.
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Dietetics & nutritionAugust 2004Proposed Criteria for Selecting the WIC Food Packages
A Preliminary Report of the Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages
by Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages
Started in 1974, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) was designed to meet the special nutritional needs of low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women; infants; and children up to 5 years of age who have at least one nutritional risk factor. The WIC Program provides three main benefits: supplemental foods, nutrition education, and referrals to health and social services. Since the inception of the WIC program, substantial changes in size and demographics of the population, food supply and dietary patterns, and health concerns have made it necessary to review the WIC food packages. Proposed Criteria for Selecting the WIC Food Packages proposes priority nutrients and general nutrition recommendations for the WIC program, and recommends specific changes to the WIC packages.
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Pregnancy, birth & baby careOctober 2019
Why Oxytocin Matters
by Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg
Oxytocin, or the ‘hormone of health and life’, is a hugely important substance for pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding – working in a woman’s body and brain to make changes during pregnancy, optimise labour, increase milk production and support bonding. Research has shown that we can encourage the body’s oxytocin system by supporting mothers’ wellbeing through birth practices and postnatal care. We also now know that oxytocin is present in everyone, of any age, directing a whole system of effects that have consequences for family life, including bonding, stress reduction and social interaction. In Why Oxytocin Matters Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg, a leading oxytocin researcher, shows how a better understanding of our biology can be immensely helpful for new parents and those who work to support families.
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MedicineOctober 2017Review of WIC Food Packages
Improving Balance and Choice: Final Report
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Food and Nutrition Board, Committee to Review WIC Food Packages
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) began 40 years ago as a pilot program and has since grown to serve over 8 million pregnant women, and mothers of and their infants and young children. Today the program serves more than a quarter of the pregnant women and half of the infants in the United States, at an annual cost of about $6.2 billion. Through its contribution to the nutritional needs of pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-partum women; infants; and children under 5 years of age; this federally supported nutrition assistance program is integral to meeting national nutrition policy goals for a significant portion of the U.S. population. To assure the continued success of the WIC, Congress mandated that the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reevaluate the program's food packages every 10 years. In 2014, the USDA asked the Institute of Medicine to undertake this reevaluation to ensure continued alignment with the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In this third report, the committee provides its final analyses, recommendations, and the supporting rationale.
