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DVDs by Healthy Children Faculty

Skin to Skin in the First Hour After Birth: Practical Advice for Staff after Vaginal and Cesarean Birth
This important video is intended to assist staff in providing behaviorally appropriate, individualized, baby adapted care for the full term newborn using the best practice of skin to skin contact in the first hour after birth. The video is divided into three sections: the importance of skin to skin and examples of the baby's stages during the first hour; practical advice for staff after a vaginal birth; and practical advice for staff after a cesarean birth. DVD, 2010, 39 minutes, $39.00

Latch 1, 2, 3: Troubleshooting breastfeeding in the EarlyWeeks DVD

Breastfeeding is the best choice for mothers, babies, families and society. But what happens if there are breastfeeding challenges in the early weeks? This 17 minute DVD by Healthy Children’s Center for Breastfeeding gives you the step-by-step problem-solving strategy to help breastfeeding work.

 Continuity of health care is important, especially in the post-partum period, and this DVD aids health care teams in sharing an understanding of baby states, feeding cues and latch, as well as reinforcing essential teaching points to breastfeeding families.

 Produced by Emmy Award nominated producer Judy Blatchford, By Healthy Children Faculty: Karin Cadwell, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, IBCLC, Cindy Turner-Maffei, MA, IBCLC, Anna Blair, Ph.D. & Kajsa Brimdyr, Ph.D. © Healthy Children Project, Distributed by Health Education Associates Inc. $29.95

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• The First Lady's Campaign to Decrease Obsesity by Focusing on Breastfeeding

www.letsmove.gov

PDF of the Report

• Baby-Friendly USA (hospital policy & practice to improve breastfeeding) www.babyfriendlyusa.org

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention breastfeeding data and information www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding

• La Leche League (mother-to-mother support) www.lalecheleague.org

• Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition (breastfeeding information and care provider resources) www.massbfc.org

• UNICEF Breastfeeding data http://www.childinfo.org/eddb/brfeed/index.htm

• United States Breastfeeding Committee (national breastfeeding policy) www.usbreastfeeding.org

• U.S. HHS Office on Women's Health (information and breastfeeding helpline): www.4women.gov/breastfeeding

• World Breastfeeding Week http://www.waba.org.my/

• World Health Organization (breastfeeding links) http://www.who.int/topics/breastfeeding/en/

•  Initiation of Breastfeeding by Breast Crawl - New Resource for Early Breastfeeding Initation http://www.breastcrawl.org/

• USDA WIC Loving Support Makes Breastfeeding Work http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/Breastfeeding/lovingsupport.HTM