Breastfeeding Resources for Health Care Providers

Baby-Behavior

Baby Behavior: Tools for Medical Professionals. Videos

Baby- Friendly Hospital Initiative

10 Steps & International Code. Baby-Friendly USA.

Guidelines & Evaluation Criteria. Baby-Friendly USA. 2016 revision.

California's Baby-Friendly Hospitals, California Breastfeeding Coalition (CBC)​

Breastfeeding Data

Hospital Breastfeeding Rates & Reports, California WIC Association (CWA).

In-Hospital Breastfeeding Initiation Data, CDPH.​

9 Steps to Breastfeeding Friendly Clinics: An Online Toolkit for Implementation, CWA.​

ACOG Committee Opinion. Breastfeeding Expert Work Group Committee on Obstetric Practice. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). 2018; Number 756.​

Breastfeeding Promotion in the Prenatal Setting, Revision 2015.  Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) Protocol #19. (PDF)

Breastfeeding Model Hospital Policies

ABM Clinical Protocol #7:  Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding, 2018. (PDF)​

California Department of Public Health Breastfeeding Model Hospital Policy Recommendations (Currently being revised.)

Breastfeeding Hospital Policies, Quality Improvement

Improving Hospital Breastfeeding Support – Implementation Toolkit. Kaiser Permanente.​ 

Breastfeeding and Returning to Work or School

Breastfeeding and Returning to Work or School. California Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program website (PDF)​

Title IX information- Breastfeeding and returning to work and school​

Breast Milk Supply

American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement, Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Pediatrics. 2012;129 (3):e827-e841.​

Breast Pump Resources

Insurance

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)​

Parent Education Resources

Breastmilk: Every Ounce Counts 

Breastfeeding: You Can Do it (video) 

Hand Expression Breastfeeding​​

First Droplet website​

4th Trimester Project, University of North Carolina

USDA WIC Breastfeeding Support

USDA - How Much Milk Your Baby Needs​

WIC Overview (video)​

WIC Breastfeeding Support (video)​​

California Laws Related to Breastfeeding

California Family Leave Laws: Know Your Rights ​

Clinical Guidelines and Recommendations

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM), Clinical Protocols (26 protocols)​

• ABM Clinical Protocol #1: Guidelines for Blood Glucose Monitoring and Treatment of Hypoglycenia in Term and Late-Preterm Neonates, Revised 2014. (PDF)
  
  

•  ABM Clinical Protocol #2: Guidelines for Hospital Discharge of the Breastfeeding Term Newborn and Mother: "The Going Home Protocol," Revised 2014. (PDF)
  
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #3: Supplementary Feedings in the Healthy Term Breastfed Neonate, Revised 2017. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #4: Mastitis, Revised March 2014. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #5:  Peripartum Breastfeeding Management for the Healthy Mother and Infant at Term, Revision 2013. (PDF)

• ABM Clinical  Protocol #6: Bedsharing and Breastfeeding: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Protocol #6, Revision 2019. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #7:  Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding, 2018. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #8:  Human Milk Storage Information for Home Use for Full-Term Infants, Revised 2017. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #9:  Use of Galactogogues in Intitiating or Augmenting Maternal Milk Production, Second Revision 2018. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #10: Breastfeeding the Late Pre-term and Early Term Infants, Second Revision 2016. (PDF)
  
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #11: Guidelines for the evaluation and management of neonatal anklyloglossia and its complications in the breastfeeding dyad. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #12: Transitioning the Breastfeeding Preterm Infant from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Home, Revised 2018 (PDF)​
  

• ABMClinical  Protocol #13: Contraception During  Breastfeeding, Revised 2015. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #14: The Breastfeeding-Friendly Physicians' Office: Optimizing Care for Infants and Children, Revised 2013. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #15: Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother, Revised 2017. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Protocol #16: Breastfeeding the Hypotonic Infant, Revision 2016. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #17: Guidelines for Breastfeeding Infants with Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, or Cleft Lip and Palate. Revised 2013. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #18: Use of Antidepressants in Breastfeeding Mothers, 2015. (PDF)
  
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #19: Breastfeeding Promotion in the Prenatal Setting, Revision 2015. (PDF)
  
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #20: Engorgement, Revised 2016. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #21: Guidelines for Breastfeeding and Substance Use or Substance Use Disorder, Revised 2015. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #22: Guidelines for the Management of Jaundice in the Breastfeeding Infant 35 Weeks or More of Gestation- Revised 2017. (PDF)​
  

• ABMClinical Protocol #23: Non-Pharmacologic Management of Procedure-Related Pain in the Breastfeeding Infant, Revised 2016. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #24: Allergic Proctocolitis in the Exclusively Breastfed Infant, 2011. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #25: Recommendations for Preprocedural Fasting for the Breastfed Infant: "NPO" Guidelines, 2012. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #26: Persistent Pain with Breastfeeding, 2016. (PDF)
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #27: Breastfeeding an Infant or Young Child with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes, 2017. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #28, Peripartum Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother, 2018. (PDF)
  

• ABM Protocol #29: Iron, Zinc, and Vitamin D Supplementation During Breastfeeding, 2018. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Protocol #30: Breast Masses, Breast Complaints, and Diagnostic Breast Imaging in the Lactating Woman, 2019. (PDF)​
  

• ABM Clinical Protocol #31: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Studies in Lactating Women, 2019. (PDF)
  

Strategies to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases: The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2013:34. (PDF)​

Coalitions/Community Building

Breastfeed LA 

California Breastfeeding Coalition

California WIC Association

National WIC Association​

United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC)

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action

World Breastfeeding Week (WABA)​

National Association of County & City Health Officials. Breastfeeding in the Community: Program Implementation Guide Reducing Disparities in Breastfeeding through Peer and Professional Support, 2014-2018. (PDF)​

Community Support for Patients

International Lactation Consultant Association

La Leche League International (Support available in multiple languages)

Nursing Mothers Counsel​

Contraception

ABMClinical  Protocol #13: Contraception During  Breastfeeding. Revised 2015. (PDF)​

Cost Savings

WIC's Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding, Making Breastfeeding Accessible and Equitable for the WIC Population. National WIC Association 2019. (PDF)​

Growth Charts

World Health Organization Growth Charts. 2006. ​

Hospital Discharge

ABM Clinical Protocol #2: Guidelines for Hospital Discharge of the Breastfeeding Term Newborn and Mother: "The Going Home Protocol," Revised 2014. (PDF)​

Hypoglycemia

ABM Clinical Protocol #1: Guidelines for Blood Glucose Monitoring and Treatment of Hypoglycenia in Term and Late-Preterm Neonates, Revised 2014. (PDF)​

Jaundice

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. ABM Clinical Protocol #22: Guidelines for Management of Jaundice in the breastfeeding Infant 35 weeks or More of Gestation- Revised 2017. (PDF)​

American Academy of Pediatrics. Clinical Practice Guidelines. Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 of More Weeks of Gestation. Pediatrics. 2004; 114 (1):297-316. ​

Lactation Accommodation/ Worksite Support

California Worksite Lactation Accommodation law. California Labor Code, AB- 1025 chapter 3.8, section (1030-1033) 2001.​

Office of Women's Health: Supporting Nursing Moms at Work​

U.S.Department of Labor- Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet #73: Break Time for Nursing Mothers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA)​

Low Birth Weight Infant

California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative. Nutritional Support of the VLBW Infant.Quality Improvement Toolkit. Revised 2018.​

Mastitis

ABM Clinical Protocol #4: Mastitis, Revised March 2014. (PDF)​

Medications and Breastfeeding

The Transfer of Drugs and Therapeutics into Human Breast Milk: An Update on Selected Topics. American Academy of Pediatrics 2013.​

Milk Banking

Human Milk Banking Association of North America

Mothers' Milk Bank. San Jose, California​

Milk Storage

ABM Clinical Protocol #8:  Human Milk Storage Information for Home Use for Full-Term Infants, Revised 2017. (PDF)​

Pain

ABM Clinical Protocol #26: Persistent Pain with Breastfeeding, 2016. (PDF)​

Videos

Global Health Media Project Videos​ available  in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and a dozen other languages.  Also includes training videos for Health Care Providers.​

WIC Learning Online (WLOL) Section, online courses including Breastfeeding Basics.​

Other

Joint Commission Resources: Speak Up- What You Need to Know About Breastfeeding​ (brochures & posters)

Lactation Education Resources. Parent Handouts in Different Languages. 

The Hospital Experience (PDF)​

Phone Apps

For Professionals

Breastfeeding Management 2 for Clinicians ($1.99) 

Infant Risk Center Healthcare Professional Mobile Resource ($29.99) Tom Hale/Texas Tech University

LactMed (FREE) Database of drugs and dietary supplements​ that may affect breastfeeding.

For Mothers

Text 4 Baby ​(FREE)

Policy Statements

ABM Clinical Protocol #7:  Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding, 2018. (PDF)​

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk. American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement. Pediatrics 2005; 115(2): 496- 506. (PDF)​

Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk. American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2012; 129 (3):e827-e841. (PDF)​

How Doctors Can Help. Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. 2000. (PDF)

Office of the Surgeon General. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Office of Women's Health. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. Rockville, MD; 2011.

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Evidence Report: Primary Care Interventions to Support Breastfeeding. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 2016; 316(16): 1694-1705,​

Professional Education

Training

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

Breastfeeding Conferences website

Breastfeed LA

California Breastfeeding Coalition Annual Breastfeeding Summit

Evergreen Parinatal Education. Hospital and staff training. ​

Healthy Children Project, Inc. Center for Breastfeeding 

Health e-learningOnline Education​

International Breastfeeding Centre.​ Lactation Medicine Center. Online Study Modules (Dr. Jack Newman) 

International Lactation Consultant Association​

Lactation Education Resources

Getting Started with Breastfeeding. Stanford Medicine: Newborn Nursery at Lucille Packard Children's Hospital.​

Step 2 Education​

UC San Diego Extension Lactation Program ​

University of Virginia, Breastfeeding Friendly Consortium Certification Courses

Breastfeeding Resources for CHDP. Venture County Child Health & Disability Prevention Program website​

Doctor Mothers Interested in Lactation Knowledge (Dr. MILK) ​

Materials

Vermont WIC Resources for Health Professionals

Modified Breastfeeding Attrition Prediction Tool: Prenatal and Postpartum Tests. J Perinatal Educ. 2004; 13(1):1-8 ​

Staff Education

Videos

Global Health Media Project (video)(Includes Breastfeeding Assessment Guide)

Other

List of local breastfeeding trainings. California Breastfeeding Coalition​

Substance Abuse

ABM Clinical Protocol #21: Guidelines for Breastfeeding and Substance Use or Substance Use Disorder, Revised 2015. (PDF)​​

Tongue-Tie

ABM Clinical Protocol #11: Guidelines for the evaluation and management of neonatal anklyloglossia and its complications in the breastfeeding dyad. (PDF)

Martinelli RL, Marchesan IQ, Berretin-Felix G . Lingual Frenulum Protocol With Scores for Infants. Int J Orofacial Myology. 2012 38: 204-112.​