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BREASTFEEDING MADE EASY About the author Carlos Gonz lez, a father of three, studied medicine at the Universidad Aut noma de Barcelona and trained as a paediatrician at the Hospital de Sant Joan de D u. The founder and president of the Catalan Breastfeeding Association (ACPAM), he currently gives courses on breastfeeding for medical professionals. Since 1996 he has been breastfeeding correspondent for Ser Padres ( Being Parents ) magazine. His books Kiss Me! How to raise your children with love and My Child Won t Eat! How to enjoy mealtimes without worry are also published by Pinter & Martin. BREASTFEEDING MADE EASY A gift for life for you and your baby Carlos Gonz lez translated by Lorenza Garcia The information in this book is general and should not be taken as specific medical advice for individuals. If you are having problems breastfeeding, or are concerned about your baby, contact your midwife, health visitor or GP, or call the National Breastfeeding Helpline on 0300 100 0212 (UK). Breastfeeding made easy: a gift for life for you and your baby First published as Un regalo para toda la vida by Ediciones Planeta Madrid, S.A. This English edition first published by Pinter & Martin Ltd 2014 Carlos Gonz lez 2006, 2009, 2014 Ediciones Planeta, Av.

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Publié par	Pinter & Martin Limited
Date de parution	01 janvier 0001
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781780660233
Langue	English

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BREASTFEEDING MADE EASY
About the author
Carlos Gonz lez, a father of three, studied medicine at the Universidad Aut noma de Barcelona and trained as a paediatrician at the Hospital de Sant Joan de D u. The founder and president of the Catalan Breastfeeding Association (ACPAM), he currently gives courses on breastfeeding for medical professionals. Since 1996 he has been breastfeeding correspondent for Ser Padres ( Being Parents ) magazine.
His books Kiss Me! How to raise your children with love and My Child Won t Eat! How to enjoy mealtimes without worry are also published by Pinter & Martin.
BREASTFEEDING MADE EASY
A gift for life for you and your baby
Carlos Gonz lez
translated by Lorenza Garcia
The information in this book is general and should not be taken as specific medical advice for individuals. If you are having problems breastfeeding, or are concerned about your baby, contact your midwife, health visitor or GP, or call the National Breastfeeding Helpline on 0300 100 0212 (UK).

Breastfeeding made easy: a gift for life for you and your baby
First published as Un regalo para toda la vida by Ediciones Planeta Madrid, S.A.
This English edition first published by Pinter & Martin Ltd 2014
Carlos Gonz lez 2006, 2009, 2014
Ediciones Planeta, Av. Diagonal 662-664, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Translated by Lorenza Garcia
Edited by Susan Last
Index Helen Bilton
All rights reserved
ISBN 978-1-78066-020-2

The right of Carlos Gonz lez to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act of 1988

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 HOW THE BREAST WORKS
To the consumer s taste
The breast: how it works and what it is it for
The breast from the outside
The unseen parts
Lactation hormones
Prolactin
Oxytocin
Feedback Inhibitor of Lactation (FIL)
Control of milk volume
Control of milk composition
2 HOW TO BREASTFEED
Hygiene
Frequency and duration of feeds
Positioning: the key to success
Consequences of incorrect positioning
How to achieve the correct position
Other positions
Why do babies nurse incorrectly?
Post-partum interference
Nipple and teat confusion
Lack of cultural models
Self-sacrifice
3 PREGNANCY
Breastfeeding support groups
4 GIVING BIRTH
Anaesthesia
Don t use iodine
Clamping the umbilical cord
5 INITIATING BREASTFEEDING
Baby-friendly hospitals
When your milk comes in
Weight loss
Breast compression
Supplements
6 A FEW INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BABIES
Babies breasts
The belly button and bathing
Poo
Pee
Sleep
Should I wake my baby in order to nurse him?
When will she start sleeping through the night?
Gas
Colic
Clarifications
Teething
Hunger
Growth spurts
The three-month crisis
Breast refusal
False refusal
Infant pain or illness
Problems of technique
Changes that upset the baby
Refusal of one breast
How to overcome breast refusal
Weight
Growth curves aren t straight
Half of babies are below the average
Children don t grow strictly along growth chart lines
If your baby really isn t gaining weight
New growth charts for nursing babies
There is no point in weighing your baby every week
Constitutional growth delay
7 BREAST PROBLEMS
Inverted nipples
Nipple pain
Cracked nipples
Tongue-tie
Nipple Candidiasis
Nipple infections
Raynaud s of the nipple
Nipple Eczema
Milk blisters
Breast shells and nipple shields
Breast inflammation
Engorgement
Blocked ducts
Mastitis
Breast abscesses
A breast too many?
8 DEFICIENT MILK SECRETION (HYPOGALACTIA)
A few causes of genuine hypogalactia
Hypothyroidism
Placental retention
Agenesis of mammary tissue
Surgery
Sheehan s syndrome
Congenital prolactin deficiency
Malnourishment
Galactogogues
9 THE MOTHER S DIET
How many calories
What to eat
The cow s diet
Forbidden foods
Mysterious gases
Foods that boost milk production
Beer
Cow s milk
The vegetarian diet
Veganism
Vitamins and minerals
Iodine
Vitamin B12
Iron
Calcium
How much liquid?
Allergy prevention
Losing weight
10 GOING BACK TO WORK
Practical considerations
Maternity leave
Breastfeeding breaks
Working part-time
Unpaid leave
Taking your baby to work
Who will look after my baby?
Meeting the childminder
What will she eat when I m not there?
Becoming used to feeding
Expressing your milk
Getting the milk out
Conserving your milk
How to heat up breastmilk
How to feed a baby expressed milk
Political considerations
11 COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING
A useful summary
A few important details
A few useful tips
The naming of things
A bit of history
Why six months?
Theoretical nutrient requirements in infants
Iron
Empirical data
12 WEANING
Spontaneous weaning
Mother-led weaning
13 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
The origin of the myth
A few general ideas
How to find information
Patient information leaflets
Information online
PubMed, the mother of all databases
How many days to take one pill?
Alcohol
Tobacco
Coffee
Radioactive isotopes
Environmental pollutants
14 ILLNESSES OF THE MOTHER
Anaemia
Asthma
Allergies
Myopia
Tooth decay
Epilepsy
Pain
Colds and flu
Stomach ulcers
Dental fillings
Diabetes
Breast cancer
Cystic fibrosis
Infectious diseases
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
HIV/AIDS
Tuberculosis
Diarrhoea
Chicken pox/shingles
Herpes simplex
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Hypertension and heart disease
Depression
Prolactinoma
Admission to hospital
Ulcerative colitis (how to find information online)
15 SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Twins
Premature babies
16 INFANTS DISEASES
Jaundice
Down s syndrome
Cleft lip
Cleft palate
Phenylketonuria
Jaw deformities
Neurological problems
Congenital heart disease
Diarrhoea
Lactose intolerance
Galactosemia
Milk and other food allergies
Surgery
Gastroesophageal reflux
Infant dental caries
17 MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS
I mix feed my baby. Can I stop bottle feeding her?
I stopped breastfeeding weeks ago, can I start again?
I took pills to dry up my milk
Can I breastfeed an adopted baby?
Caesarean section
Hair loss
X-rays
Hair dyeing
Physical exercise
Hair removal creams
UVA rays
18 BREASTFEEDING AND FERTILITY
The contraceptive effect of breastfeeding
LAM
Other methods of contraception
Breastfeeding and pregnancy, tandem feeding
19 BREASTFEEDING AND HEALTH
Breastfeeding and infant health
Breastfeeding and maternal health
20 LEGAL PROTECTION
21 SEPARATION AND DIVORCE
22 GUILT
23 HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD
The power of the pen
INDEX
MINI INDEX
Her Highness Mar a Victoria is so good and kind that she seems more like an ordinary woman than a queen. I doff my hat when she goes by, and forgive her for being an Italian. She nurses her children herself, you know. I hear that this summer, whilst strolling in the grounds of the Escorial Palace, she came across an abandoned child clamouring to be fed. She gathered him up, and began to suckle him, not from a bottle, Tito, but from her own breast.
Benito P rez Gald s, Amadeo 1
INTRODUCTION
My interest in breastfeeding began when I first started studying medicine. I have my professor of practical anatomy to thank for this. His name, if I remember correctly, was Joaquin, and in a faculty containing thousands of students, to whom none of the professors paid much attention, he stood out as someone with a passion for teaching. As soon as he had a few students gathered round him, he would give a rousing lecture, and one of his favourite subjects was breastfeeding.
For many years I regarded breastfeeding from a doctor s point of view, as the best form of nutrition, which protects against a legion of illnesses and saves thousands of lives. I thought that advocating it was in the interests of public health, and that a good mother should make every effort to breastfeed her child, because it is best for him.
Then I had three children of my own, and something changed. I saw my children nursing, being breastfed by their mother, and I had feelings of pride, admiration, astonishment, fascination, envy? I have read a great deal since then, about how fathers feel in those circumstances, and yet I still find it impossible to describe that feeling. Some things in life are too deep for words.
I understood then that breastfeeding isn t a tool for achieving health, but rather an integral part of health itself. Not a means, but an end. Telling people to avoid artificial breastfeeding because it causes diarrhoea now seems to me as absurd as exhorting them to avoid blindness because blind people are more likely to get run over . Breastfeeding is no more a way of avoiding infection than being able to see is a way of avoiding accidents. They are both normal parts of a healthy life. I know now that breastfeeding is not an effort, much less a sacrifice, that a woman makes for the good of her child, but rather that it is part of her life, of her own sexual and reproductive cycle. It is a right that no one can take away from her.
I am aware that some women don t want to breastfeed. This is fine.