Medications and Mothers' Milk 2008 Thirteenth Edition

Medications and Mothers' Milk 2008 is a comprehensive reference on the impact of currently used medications on breastfeeding mothers and infants. Written by renowned clinical pharmacologist, Dr. Thomas W. Hale, this thousand plus page book is packed with information on more than 1000 drugs, vitamins, herbs, and vaccines. It includes tables on radioisotopes, radiocontrast agents, and common cold remedies.

Some of the new features added to Medications and Mothers' Milk 2008 , thirteenth edition include:
- More than 100 new drugs.
- Rigorous updates to hundreds of drugs and tables.
- Updated tables on radiocontrast agents.
- Updated tables on cold and cough remedies.

Each drug entry includes the drug name and generic name; common trade names used in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom; uses of the drug; AAP recommendations on the drug; a drug monograph that describes what is currently known about the drug, its ability to enter milk, the concentration in milk at set time intervals, and other parameters that are important to a clinical consultant; pregnancy risk category; lactation risk category; theoretic infant dose; relative infant dose; adult concerns; pediatric concerns; drug interactions; alternative drugs that may be suitable choices; adult dosage; and a table that includes (when known) adult half life (T ½ ) of the medication, pediatric half life (PHL) of the medication, milk/plasma ratio (M/P), the time interval from administration of the drug until it reaches the highest level in the mother's plasma or peak time to max (Tmax), percentage of maternal protein binding (PB), oral bioavailability (Oral), the volume of distribution (Vd), the pH at which the drug is equally ionic and nonionic (pKa), and the molecular weight (MW) of the medication.

 

 

 

Mini Medications and Mothers' Milk 2008

Mini-Medications and Mothers’ Milk is the pocket version of Medications and Mothers’ Milk, 13th Edition, the worldwide authoritative source on medication use in breastfeeding women. This book provides up-to-date and easy to read information on the use of medications in breastfeeding mothers. Written by Dr. Thomas W. Hale, this drug reference provides you with a condensed version of the latest information on each drug and its relative safety in breastfeeding mothers and their infants.

Mini-Meds contains information on more than 868 drugs, vaccines, vitamins, viral syndromes, and other substances. It provides quick access to pregnancy and lactation risk categories, drug kinetics, and basic drug descriptions. Mini-Meds is designed as a companion guide, to be used alongside the full edition of Medications and Mothers’ Milk-but is in a more portable format.

 

 

 

 

Spanish for Breastfeeding Support:

¿Cómo le va con la lactancia?
Spanish for Breastfeeding Support will help you provide effective breastfeeding support to Spanish-speaking mothers.

This book will help lactation consultants, breastfeeding peer counselors, nurses, physicians, midwives, childbirth educators, and others to:
• Converse with nursing mothers in Spanish about common breastfeeding topics
• Listen to and understand mothers speaking about breastfeeding in Spanish

 

 

 

 

Interaction and Relationships in Breastfeeding Families

Author, researcher and clinician Dr. Keren Epstein-Gilboa has spent many years researching and working with breastfeeding families. In this book she describes the findings of her research and discusses the salient themes, relationships, and interactions in breastfeeding families.

Issues covered include the development of sensitive parenting styles through nursing; the reverberation of sensitivity in the family system; the evolvement of family themes that sustain physiological nursing and sensitivity; child, maternal, and paternal development through nursing; couple relations; and practitioner self-awareness. A brief review of history describes the impact of authoritarian figures on nursing and the salient themes that promoted or interfered with the development of physiological and maternal nursing throughout history. Feminism, artificial baby milk, breastfeeding aids, and breastfeeding in adoptive families exemplify other issues discussed. Each chapter ends with implications for practice.

 

 

 

 

Selecting and Using Breastfeeding Tools

In Selecting and Using Breastfeeding Tools, lactation consultant Cathy Watson Genna shares her knowledge on which tools to use in various situations, critically reviewing the existing research on a tool category and providing clinical guidance for effective use of each. Each tool entry includes a picture, description, how to use, contact information, price, advantages, disadvantages, and suggested uses.

Areas covered by the book include:

* sore nipple treatments
* nipple everters
* supplementers
* cups and spoons
* finger feeders

 

 

 

Lullaby Massage: Rhyme & Touch Massage for Infants and Children

Rhyme & Touch Massage is a new massage technique developed especially for infants and children. Massage strokes for each part of the body are matched with fun rhyming verses. The verses eliminate the need to count strokes or watch the clock. The soothing words of the rhymes and the strokes encourage relaxation and trust, and gradually enable children to drift peacefully to sleep.

If your tummy feels blue, All you have to do, Is a windshield wipe, From the left to the right.

A downloaded MP3 file of the verses makes them easy to learn. The book includes the verses and instructions on how to do each massage stroke.With rhymes such as Telephone, Clock, Five Little Tubes of Toothpaste, and Kisses, you child will be intrigued and eager to get their nightly massage! Children of all ages love being massaged. Bedtime will become a treat for everyone in the family.