Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is when a woman feeds an infant, toddler or a young child with milk produced from her breasts, usually directly from the nipples. Babies have a sucking instinct that enables them to take in the milk.

External links

• AskDrSears.com – Advice from two pediatricians
• Comparison of Human Milk and Formula
• Australian Breastfeeding Association – Informative website and forum.
• Baby Milk Action – Supports mothers' rights to breastfeed
• Breast Milk and Breast Feeding your Child
• Breastfeeding at LifeTips – Detailed articles and FAQs
• Plus-size-pregnancy.org – Private research site FAQ
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "Breast-Feeding Best Bet for Babies"
• National Childbirth Trust – The NCT is U.K. based organistion for new parents that promotes the benefits of breast feeding.
• BBC Health – health information from the BBC
• Papers written by Ted Greiner
• Human Milk Secretion: An Overview
• Canadian Breastfeeding Rights - from Canadian Infant Feeding Action Coalition
• WHO - Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices
• "Doctors urge longer breastfeeding" Reuters, 8 February 2005
• how to pump and store breast milk from AAFP
• Genes and Breast milk (May 2005) New evidence suggests that some mothers' breast milk varies in the amount of total fat and Omega-3 fatty acid (DHA), which is critical in the development of the brain and eye.
• "'Lactivists' Taking Their Cause, and Their Babies, to the Streets" in the New York Times
• Mommasmilk.com West Virginia breastfeeding advocacy site supporting the "Child's Right to Nurse Act"
• http://www.breastfeeding.com Breastfeeding.com
• American Academy of Pediatrics: The Assessment and Management of Acute Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents
• University Health Care: Surgery and the Breastfeeding Baby.