Handouts | Alliance Breastfeeding

Below are some of the best handouts I can get permission to offer.

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Diane Wiessinger’s Common Sense Breastfeeding Handouts
The Early Days Before you breastfeed Preparing for breastfeeding First week engorgement Ordinary newborn jaundice	How Breastfeeding Works Thoughts on positioning Latch-on pictures with description A three course meal and a dance “He can’t be hungry. He just ate!” Scheduling feeds How babies eat
The Breastfeeding Life The normal course of breastfeeding What your baby expects in life Low-tech breastfeeding Nursing, in a nutshell Better than Breast Feeding Respecting your baby Ah, nights… Safe Sleeping Wearing your baby Of Puppies and Babies What About Dad?	Mother Stories, Trouble Times *Why am I doing* this?? Tough Love (tight mouth, slow gain, sore nipples) The Labor of Breastfeeding (a non-latching baby) “Old Iron Jaws” (a clenching baby) “My baby just doesn’t get it” Dealing With Blebs (plugged nipple pore) Gaining, Gulping, &Grimacing? (oversupply?) Nipple Pain – Sources & Solutions Medications and Breastfeeding Staying in touch**
For More of Diane’s Handouts, see her website: http://www.normalfed.com
Misc. Handouts
If Baby Must Take A Bottle	Finish at the Breast - Method of increasing milk production
Working and Breastfeeding	Nipple Shield
ANTENATAL EXPRESSION OF COLOSTRUM for mothers with diabetes and other mothers whose babies are likely to have feeding difficulties.	Weaning From a Nipple Shield
Breastfeeding Basics Class Handouts
Breastfeeding On The World Wide Web	What About Dad?
Reverse Pressure Softening	First Week Engorgement
How We Make Milk	About Pumps
Skin To Skin	Baby’s Second Night
Paced Bottle Feeding
Video Clips:
For the best video clip on a good latch, go to the Ameda Website and scroll down to look for the latch video. Click [Here]	Other good video clips on latching and compression and more can be found at the Breastfeeding Online website. Click [Here] You’ll need to scroll down a ways and you can find many video clips that should be helpful!
Hand Expression Video clip:

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