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'Supply' and 'demand': breastfeeding as labour [An article from: Social Science & Medicine]
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Author: F. DykesManufacturer: Elsevier
This digital document is a journal article from Social Science & Medicine, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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This paper presents findings from a recent critical ethnographic study conducted in two maternity units in England, UK. The study explored the influences upon 61 women's experiences of breastfeeding within the postnatal ward setting. Participant observations of 97 encounters between midwives and postnatal women, 106 focused interviews with postnatal women and 37-guided conversations with midwives were conducted. Basic, organising and global themes were constructed utilising thematic networks analysis. The metaphor of the production line, with its notions of demand and efficient supply, illustrated the experiences of breastfeeding women. They conceptualised breastfeeding as a 'productive' project, yet expressed deep mistrust in the efficacy of their bodies. Their emphasis centred upon breast milk as nutrition rather than relationality and breastfeeding. Women referred to the demanding and unpredictable ways in which their baby breached their temporal and spatial boundaries. They sought strategies to cope with the uncertainty of this embodied experience in combination with their concerns regarding returning to a 'normal' and 'productive' life. The hospital setting and health worker practices played a contributing and reinforcing role. The paper discusses ways of re-establishing trust in women's bodies and breastfeeding, while respecting difference and diversity. It argues for embracing the concepts of embodiment and relationality whilst avoiding a return to essentialism. This requires collective efforts to erode deeply embedded cultural understandings of women's bodies centring upon disembodied and efficient production.
Price: $7.95 USD
100 Questions & Answers About Breastfeeding
Author: Karin CadwellManufacturer: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
This text is an evidence-based, comprehensive approach to the many questions women have when they are thinking about breastfeeding and during the time they are breastfeeding their baby. 100 Questions & Answers About Breastfeeding gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions. Written by three prominent breastfeeding experts, Karin Cadwell, Cindy Turner-Maffei and Anna Blair, with "insider" advice from actual mothers, this book is an invaluable resource!
Price: $12.44 USD
21st Century Complete Medical Guide to Breast Feeding and Infant Formula, Authoritative NIH, FDA, and CDC Documents on All Aspects of Breastfeeding, Clinical ... for Patients and Physicians (CD-ROM)
Author: PM Medical Health NewsManufacturer: Progressive Management
This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official Federal government information and documents on the subject of breast feeding and infant formulas. This CD-ROM uses next-generation search technology that allows complete indexing and makes all files on the disc fully searchable. For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material.
This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). All aspects of breastfeeding and infant formulas are covered in this extensive collection.
In addition, as a bonus we have included an encyclopedic collection of general medical and health documents – thousands of pages with extensive material from the CDC and NIH on hundreds of diseases and health topics from A to Z, along with FDA drug and medical publications, government consumer healthcare tips, disease prevention programs, dietary guidelines, and travelers’ health information. Since navigating the Internet to find additional non-governmental medical information can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide to Leading Medical Websites" with updated links to 73 of the best sites for medical information! By using weblinks on the CD-ROM, you can quickly check for the latest clinical updates directly from the government.
This CD-ROM has over 29,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software and Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!
Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work and educational tool for patients and their families, physicians, and other medical professionals. (Information on this CD-ROM is NOT a substitute for professional medical advice; of course, readers are urged to consult with a professional health care provider for any suspected illness.)
Price: $25.00 USD
Amy Spangler's Breastfeeding: A Parent's Guide
Author: Amy SpanglerManufacturer: Amy Spangler
Friendly,personal,and honest, BREASTFEEDING A Parent's Guide separates the facts from the myths about breastfeeding. It answers the questions most often asked about breastfeeding and deals honestly and directly with the advantages as well as the concerns. Detailed drawings, clear instrustions and helpful advice make this the book breastfeeding parents will refer to over and over again. It is the perfect book for today's parents...parents who wonder if breastfeeding will work in their busy lives.
Price: $0.01 USD
At the Breast: Ideologies of Breastfeeding and Motherhood in the Contemporary United States
Author: Linda M. BlumManufacturer: Beacon Press
In our irnoic, "post-feminist" age, few things inspire passion. Breastfeeding is one of them. For advocates, breastfeeding is empowering, the only way to supply babies proper nutrition, and the "bond" that cements the mother/child relationship. It is also deemed "natural" in a world of genetically modified product and mal-dominated corporate health-care. But is it a realistic option for all women? And can a well-intentioned insistence on the necessity of breastfeeding become just another way for some women to feel they have failed as mothers?
Price: $16.14 USD
Baby Tips Breastfeeding
Author: SaltManufacturer: Da Capo Press
The sixth book in our bestselling Baby Tips "TM" series, Breastfeeding will inspire, reassure, relax and uplift new mothers as they give their babies one of the most important gifts they can give -- their own special breast milk. Written with humor and experience, the tips in this beautiful small book will be appreciated by new mothers, whether it's their first or third child. Breastfeeding is a vital step mothers can take to make their babies safer, healthier and happier throughout their lives. Support, advice, laughter and love can go a long way to help nursing mothers keep their confidence when they have questions or feel alone during this time. Karen Salt, breastfeeding and birth counselor, author and mother of three (including twins), shares her wisdom and innermost thoughts with mothers as they in turn give this gift of love, energy and themselves to their children.
Price: $0.94 USD
Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You: An Illustrated Guide
Author: Mary RenfrewManufacturer: Celestial Arts
For over a decade, this classic book has served as the resource for mothers and midwives committed to breastfeeding. Through thoughtfully written text and detailed illustration, the authors cover issues ranging from how to establish breastfeeding in the early days of a child's life to how to resolve problems that may arise during breastfeeding.
Price: $10.19 USD
Better Breastfeeding
Author: Daina/ Stone, Debbie/ Touw, Joyce KalninsManufacturer: Firefly Books Ltd
Price: $30.90 USD
Better Breastfeeding: A Mother's Guide to Feeding and Nutrition
Author: Daina KalninsManufacturer: Robert Rose
The American Academy of Pediatrics currently recommends that: "Breastfeeding should be continued for at least the first year of life and beyond for as long as mutually desired by mother and child."
- La Leche League International
There are many benefits to breastfeeding, which range from protecting the baby from illness through antibodies to providing comfort and security. There are also a myriad of benefits for the mother, which include everything from the special bonding that takes place to reduced rates of breast and ovarian cancer.
Despite a mother's best intentions, breastfeeding can prove to be challenging for both new and experienced mothers. And because many hospitals have reduced or eliminated programs on lactation, many mothers are often left relying on the advice of friends, family or a much too busy obstetrician or pediatrician. In a friendly, informative and easy-to-read manner, Better Breastfeeding addresses the concerns, problems and issues breastfeeding mothers face and answers the most commonly asked questions.
Some of the issues that are addressed include:
- Knowing if the baby is getting enough milk
- Plugged ducts and breast infection
- Nursing strike, thrush, and twins or multiples
- Challenges of latching
- Sore nipples and engorgement
- Going back to work.
The authors also provide 125 recipes for the breastfeeding mother that serve her unique needs and, ultimately, those of her baby. There is also some research which indicates that a child's taste preferences are influenced by what a mother eats during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Since the flavor of breast milk changes according to the mother's diet, it influences the types of foods the baby is willing to accept and enjoy during weaning to solid foods.
Price: $4.00 USD
Birth and Breastfeeding: Rediscovering the Needs of Women During Pregnancy and Childbirth
Author: Michel OdentManufacturer: Rudolph Steiner Pr
Humanity, argues Michel Odent, stands at a crossroads in the history of childbirth - and the direction we choose to take will have critical consequences. Until recently a woman could not have had a baby without releasing a complex cocktail of "love hormones." In many societies today, most women give birth without relying on the release of such a flow of hormones. Some give birth via caesarean section, while others use drugs that not only block the release of these natural substances, but also do not have their beneficial behavioral effects. "This unprecedented situation must be considered in terms of civilization," says Odent. It gives us urgent new reasons to rediscover the basic needs of women in labor.
At a time when pleas for the "humanization" of childbirth are fashionable, the author suggests, rather, that we should first accept our `mammalian' condition and give priority to the woman's need for privacy and to feel secure. The activity of the intellect, the use of language, and many cultural beliefs and rituals--which are all special to humans--are handicaps in the period surrounding birth. Says Odent: "To give birth to her baby, the mother needs privacy. She needs to feel unobserved. The newborn baby needs the skin of the mother, the smell of the mother, her breast. These are all needs that we hold in common with the other mammals, but which humans have learned to neglect, to ignore or even deny."
Expectant parents, midwives, childbirth educators, those involved in public health, and all those interested in the future of humanity will find this a provocative and visionary book.
Price: $12.65 USD
Bon Appetit, Baby! The Breastfeeding Kit
Author: Elaine MoranManufacturer: Treasured Chest Publications
This useful, interactive, and practical book takes other breastfeeding books a step further by offering the first and only Nursing Diary, an easy-to-use tracking system for monitoring early breastfeeding progress. This unique all-in-one breastfeeding organizer takes the mystery out of the nursing experience by providing new parents with accurate, up-to-date information, reassurance, and the actual tools they need to get breastfeeding off to a good start. It offers practical step-by-step guidance and includes a complete Nutrition and Weight Loss Guide and a New Mother's Journal. This beautifully designed journal type book is written in a supportive mother-to-mother style with inspirational quotations and lighthearted illustrations throughout. This four-part, tab-divided book includes:
PART I - THE PRACTICAL BREASTFEEDING MANUAL guides you through the early weeks of nursing your newborn and explains every aspect of breastfeeding basics. It tells you how to prepare for the breastfeeding experience, what to do when your baby arrives, and how to monitor your nursing baby's progress. It helps you identify and appropriately manage early breastfeeding difficulties and common newborn problems. PART II - THE NURSING MOTHER'S NUTRITION AND WEIGHT LOSS GUIDE shows you how to plan a sensible, well-balanced diet to ensure a plentiful milk supply, give you the energy you need to take care of your new baby, and allow you to safely and naturally return to you prepregnancy weight! It shows you how to determine your daily calorie requirement and food group servings to meet your own individual nutritional needs. PART III - THE SIX-WEEK NURSING DIARY WITH THE NURSE-N-TRACK SYSTEM(tm) is a two-part nursing diary for easy monitoring of early breastfeeding progress. It features the Nursing Mother's Daily Nutrition Diary, which allows you to easily follow a sensible eating plan by using check-off boxes to monitor your own nutritional intake; and the Nursing Baby's Daily Diary, which consists of the Nursing Wheel and Diaper Wheel for recording your baby's feeding, sleeping, and elimination patterns--simply by filling in time bars. PART IV - THE NEW MOTHER'S JOURNAL is a place to record precious memories of your first days of motherhood with specific questions, idea starters, and inspirational quotations to inspire creative journal writing.
Also included are a "BREASTFEEDING BABY IN TRAINING--PLEASE, NO BOTTLES OR PACIFIERS" sign for the hospital, an extensive Resource Guide, and an attached dual-colored pencil for making diary entries. The Nursing Diary is a dependable reference for your baby's doctor and lactation specialist, and will allow fathers to participate by making diary entries. Full of words of encouragement and support, you will gladly welcome this breastfeeding survival kit into your repertoire of parenting guides--and it will eventually become a treasured keepsake in the years ahead.
Price: $3.00 USD
Breastfeeding (All You Should Know About)
Author: Parvesh HandaRelease Date: 2006-11-06
Manufacturer: Peacock Books (An Imprint of Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd.)
Price: $27.50 USD