Breastfeeding Information Handouts by Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC, graduated from the University of Toronto medical school as a pediatrician in 1970. He started the first hospital-based breastfeeding clinic in Canada in 1984 at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. He has been a consultant with UNICEF for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in Africa and has published articles on the subject of breastfeeding in Scientific American and several medical journals. Dr. Newman has practiced as a physician in Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa. We are very pleased to present his articles for your information. Also visit our interview with Dr. Newman. Getting Started Breastfeeding - Starting Out Right The Importance of Skin to Skin Contact How Breastmilk Protects Newborns How to Know a Health Professional is not Supportive of Breastfeeding Adoptive Nursing Breastfeeding Your Adopted Baby Using a Lactation Aid Domperidone - 1 (for increasing milk supply) Domperidone - 2 The Early Days and Baby Concerns When Latching When the Baby Refuses to Latch On Breastfeeding and Jaundice Colic in the Breastfed Baby You Can Still Breastfeed (Illness in the mother or baby) Weight Gain & Milk Supply Issues Is my baby getting enough milk? Slow Weight Gain After the First Few Months Protocol to Increase Intake of Breastmilk by the Baby ~ "Not Enough Milk" Breast Compression Domperidone - 1 (for increasing milk supply) Domperidone - 2 Using a Lactation Aid Finger Feeding Thrush Candida Protocol Using Gentian Violet ~ for treating yeast infections Fluconazole ~ for the treatment of Candida albicans infections Mother Concerns Sore Nipples Blocked Ducts and Mastitis Treatments for sore nipples and sore breasts Miscellaneous Treatments - Engorgement, Herbs for Increasing Milk Supply, & Lecithin for Blocked Ducts You Can Still Breastfeed (Drugs & Breastfeeding) You Can Still Breastfeed (Illness in the mother or baby) Feeding Baby Breastfeeding and Other Foods Starting Solid Foods What to Feed the Baby when the Mother is Working outside the Home Expressing Milk Nursing past a year Breastfeed a Toddler--Why on Earth? Breastfeeding Myths Some Breastfeeding Myths More Breastfeeding Myths Still More Breastfeeding Myths More and More Breastfeeding Myths return to breastfeeding cubby index ADVERTISEMENT   StorkNet Home | return to top family planning | preconception | pregnancy | parenting | family life | for fun | shopping | tools | community Send this page to a friend! Copyright © 1996-2008 StorkNet. All rights reserved. Please read our disclaimer and privacy policy. Your feedback is always welcome. Link to Us! StorkNet Family of Websites: Pregnancy Week By Week | Exploring Womanhood | Married Romance | Books for Families | EriChad Grief Support