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Part V. Self-care for Continued Breastfeeding |
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| Authors: | JAN RIORDAN RN MN BETTY ANN COUNTRYMAN RN MN |
| Affiliation: | Jan Riordan attended Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Newman College (BS) in Wichita, Kansas, and Wichita State University (MN). She was a La Leche League leader for over 15 years and is currently a continuing education specialist at the University of Kansas' Health Care Outreach—Wichita. She is a member of NAA-COG and ANA.;Betty Ann Countyman attended Radcliffe College (BA) and Yale University School of Nursing (MN) and is a doctoral candidate in education at Indiana University, where she was formerly Assistant Professor of Maternal-Child Health in the School of Nursing. She is on the Board of Directors of Lo Leche League International and is LLLI Director of the Breastfeeding Education Center in El Salvador. |
| Abstract: | The resources of motivation and knowledge that make the nurse a valuable support to the new mother initiating breastfeeding are needed again, equally as much, as the nurse prepares the mother for self-care at home and remains available for counseling afterwards. There are general guidelines for promoting continued breastfeeding success and for avoiding potential problems. The nurse should be familiar with these and with how to proceed in special situations and with specific breastfeeding problems. "Self-Care for Continued Breastfeeding" and "Some Breastfeeding Problems and Solutions", presented below, end the series on breastfeeding begun in the July/August issue. The advantages of continuing breastfeeding beyond the neonatal period are reviewed and general guidelines for selfcare at home are discussed. Developmental changes in the instant and psychological and physical changes in the mother are outlined and related to breastfeeding success. Advice for working mothers and for weaning is also presented. |
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