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Midwifery Essentials: Infant feeding E-Book
Joyce Marshall | Helen Baston | Jennifer Hall
(2017)
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Abstract
New title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.
- Provides a useful, friendly source of information
- Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care
- Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures
- Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision
- Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion
- Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures
- Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession
- Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | cover | ||
| Midwifery Essentials | i | ||
| Copyright Page | iv | ||
| Table Of Contents | v | ||
| Preface | vi | ||
| Acknowledgements | viii | ||
| 1 Introduction | 1 | ||
| Midwifery care model | 1 | ||
| Woman-centred care | 2 | ||
| Using best evidence | 3 | ||
| Professional and legal | 3 | ||
| Team working | 4 | ||
| Effective communication | 4 | ||
| Clinical dexterity | 5 | ||
| Models of care | 5 | ||
| Safe environment | 6 | ||
| Promotes health | 6 | ||
| References | 7 | ||
| 2 Relationship building between mother and baby | 8 | ||
| Introduction | 8 | ||
| Why relationships matter to babies’ health and wellbeing | 9 | ||
| How environment affects genes: epigenetics | 9 | ||
| Development of a baby’s brain and the neuroscience of caring | 10 | ||
| Supporting women to build a relationship with their baby before birth | 11 | ||
| The early hours after birth | 12 | ||
| Supporting relationship building between mother and baby in the postnatal period | 12 | ||
| Bonding and attachment | 12 | ||
| Further scenarios | 17 | ||
| Conclusion | 19 | ||
| Resources | 19 | ||
| References | 19 | ||
| 3 Anatomy and physiology | 21 | ||
| Introduction | 21 | ||
| Anatomy of the breast | 22 | ||
| How a baby breastfeeds (mechanism of suckling/reflexes) | 24 | ||
| Physiology of lactation | 24 | ||
| Prolactin | 24 | ||
| Oxytocin | 25 | ||
| Feedback inhibitor of lactation | 26 | ||
| Further scenarios | 30 | ||
| Conclusion | 31 | ||
| Resources | 32 | ||
| References | 32 | ||
| 4 Skin-to-skin contact after birth | 33 | ||
| Introduction | 33 | ||
| The risks of not enabling women and babies time in skin-to-skin contact | 34 | ||
| Babies behaviour when lying skin-to-skin with their mother after birth | 34 | ||
| Barriers to skin-to-skin contact in the hospital setting | 36 | ||
| Skin-to-skin contact later on | 37 | ||
| Further scenarios | 40 | ||
| Conclusion | 42 | ||
| Resources | 43 | ||
| References | 43 | ||
| 5 Skills to support infant feeding | 44 | ||
| Introduction | 44 | ||
| Teaching women how to breastfeed | 46 | ||
| Attachment | 46 | ||
| Positioning | 47 | ||
| Responsive feeding | 48 | ||
| Teaching hand expression | 50 | ||
| Further scenarios | 56 | ||
| Conclusion | 57 | ||
| Resources | 57 | ||
| References | 57 | ||
| 6 The social context of infant feeding | 59 | ||
| Introduction | 59 | ||
| Support for breastfeeding mothers | 60 | ||
| Pregnancy and decisions about infant feeding | 61 | ||
| Breastfeeding in the early days | 62 | ||
| Continuing to breastfeed | 63 | ||
| Providing culturally sensitive infant feeding support | 63 | ||
| Further scenarios | 70 | ||
| Conclusion | 71 | ||
| References | 72 | ||
| 7 Birthing practices and breastfeeding | 74 | ||
| Introduction | 74 | ||
| Support during labour | 75 | ||
| Drugs routinely given in labour and breastfeeding | 76 | ||
| Opioids and breastfeeding | 78 | ||
| Epidural and breastfeeding | 78 | ||
| Uterotonics and breastfeeding | 79 | ||
| Caesarean section and breastfeeding | 80 | ||
| Trauma to the baby at birth | 81 | ||
| Further scenarios | 85 | ||
| Conclusion | 87 | ||
| Resources | 87 | ||
| References | 87 | ||
| 8 Managing baby-related feeding challenges | 89 | ||
| Introduction | 89 | ||
| Tongue-tie – Ankyloglossia | 91 | ||
| Cleft lip and palate | 92 | ||
| Hypoglycaemia | 93 | ||
| Jaundice | 94 | ||
| Further scenarios | 99 | ||
| Conclusion | 101 | ||
| Resources | 101 | ||
| References | 101 | ||
| 9 Formula feeding | 103 | ||
| Introduction | 103 | ||
| The neonate’s gut and infant feeding | 104 | ||
| The risks of formula feeding | 105 | ||
| Trends in infant feeding in the UK | 106 | ||
| Formula feeding | 107 | ||
| Making up a formula feed | 107 | ||
| Equipment needed | 107 | ||
| How to sterilize equipment | 108 | ||
| How to make up a feed | 109 | ||
| Advising parents how to bottle feed responsively | 110 | ||
| The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (the code) | 112 | ||
| UK law | 113 | ||
| UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative | 113 | ||
| Further scenarios | 117 | ||
| Conclusion | 119 | ||
| Resources | 119 | ||
| References | 119 | ||
| 10 Managing common maternal-related breastfeeding challenges | 121 | ||
| Introduction | 121 | ||
| Sore and painful nipples | 122 | ||
| Engorgement | 123 | ||
| Mastitis | 124 | ||
| Perceived insufficient milk supply | 126 | ||
| Thrush (candida albicans) | 127 | ||
| Further scenarios | 131 | ||
| Conclusion | 132 | ||
| References | 132 | ||
| 11 Breastfeeding premature babies | 134 | ||
| Introduction | 134 | ||
| Breast milk: ‘a medicine’ for premature babies | 134 | ||
| Expressing milk for premature babies | 136 | ||
| Kangaroo care and the effect on milk production | 138 | ||
| Mother’s experiences | 138 | ||
| Supporting breastfeeding for a late preterm baby | 139 | ||
| Further scenarios | 144 | ||
| Conclusion | 146 | ||
| Resources | 146 | ||
| References | 146 | ||
| 12 Breastfeeding mothers, their family, community and the wider societal context | 149 | ||
| Introduction | 149 | ||
| Fathers | 151 | ||
| Family-centred breastfeeding care | 152 | ||
| Peer support | 153 | ||
| Breastfeeding in public places | 154 | ||
| Breastfeeding and return to work | 155 | ||
| Further scenarios | 159 | ||
| Conclusion | 160 | ||
| Resources | 161 | ||
| References | 161 | ||
| Index | 163 | ||
| A | 163 | ||
| B | 163 | ||
| C | 165 | ||
| D | 166 | ||
| E | 167 | ||
| F | 167 | ||
| G | 168 | ||
| H | 168 | ||
| I | 168 | ||
| J | 169 | ||
| K | 169 | ||
| L | 169 | ||
| M | 170 | ||
| N | 171 | ||
| O | 171 | ||
| P | 171 | ||
| R | 172 | ||
| S | 172 | ||
| T | 172 | ||
| U | 172 | ||
| W | 173 |