A central goal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical protocols for managing common medical problems that may influence breastfeeding success. These protocols serve only as guidelines for the care of breastfeeding mothers and infants and do not delineate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as standards of medical care. Variations in treatment may be approp...

Researchers attempted to increase the initiation of breastfeeding and its duration to 6 months among a group of low-income, Hispanic women through an intervention program which included prenatal education and home based postpartum support. All participants were telephoned after delivery to determine infant feeding method. Duration of breastfeeding was determined by counting the number of days f...

BACKGROUND Because of numerous health benefits for both mothers and babies, breastfeeding is the recommended method of infant feeding. We sought to determine the association between birth order and breastfeeding practices in families with multiple children. METHODS The 2002 National Survey of Family Growth was used to analyze the demographic characteristics of a national probability sample of...

Total mixed rations (TMRs) seem to be the feeding method of choice, at least for nongrazing situations (Spain et al., 1993). Despite the need for an extra piece of equipment (maybe more), the benefits in animal performance have been shown to far outweigh the costs of implementing the concept. The principles of TMRs caught on a few decades ago, but developments in the implementation and preparat...

Briggs AM, Jordan JE, Ackerman IN, et al. Establishing crossdiscipline consensus on contraception, pregnancy and breast feeding-related educational messages and clinical practices to support women with rheumatoid arthritis: an Australian Delphi study. BMJ Open 2016;6:e012139. The following line referring to a Twitter account is incorrect and should be omitted: Twitter Follow Ilana Ackerman at @...

Although feeding difficulties in infants with Down syndrome are described in the literature, the experiences of parents regarding the feeding problems of their infants are largely omitted. In order to promote closer collaboration with families and speech-language therapists in early communication intervention, the study investigated some experiences of a group of parents concerning the feeding ...

the infant feeding practices and the effects of factors such as mother’s educational level, primary health care, and family income on these practices in 531 households with 930 children 6-60 months of age were studied in rural areas of sirjan (kerman province), iran. the findings indicate that the majority of mothers (85%) breastfeed their infants and 86% of babies are fed the colostrums. the a...