We cover new research on the role of C-Section in the establishment of gut flora, & its effect on long term health of the infant; the risks & use of SSRI antidepressants in pregnant & nursing women; breastmilk levels of vitamin D in nursing women who are supplemented with vitamin D; & a recent review of the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing women & what we know about their effects on nursing babies.

Recorded in March 2013.

The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative is an international accreditation given to those hospitals who make prescribed changes that provide optimal promotion & protection of breastfeeding for moms & babies. We've chosen articles on 1) a community collaborative in Spain to promote the Baby Friendly movement, 2. Stealth formula marketing outside the hospital, & 3. Baby Friendly & Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Recorded in Decemeber 2012.

The articles we've chosen from the summit include topics on 1) Causes & implications of low breastfeeding rates in the Mississippi Delta, 2) An innovative program for on-site childcare at Nevada's state health division for babies under 6 months old, 3) Using social media to support & promote breastfeeding, 4) The American Academy of Pediatrics new 2012 policy statement on breastfeeding & use of human milk, & 5) US Federal Gov't progress on fulfilling the Surgeon General's Call to Action on Breastfeeding Support.

Recorded in November 2012.

This somewhat longer podcast reviews 10 breastfeeding medicine research articles published in 2012, on a variety of topics including weight gain & bottle feeding, comparison of prescription galactogogues, outcome of CMV exposed premature infants, effects of breastfeeding on the maternal brain, & more!

Recorded in October 2012.

Listen to our podcast if you'd like to know: how breastmilk protects against necrotizing enterocolitis, what do pathologists find when nipple blebs are biopsied, what are the best methods of birth control for nursing moms, why does formula break the cycle of breastmilk jaundice, & who gets breastmilk jaundice anyway?

Recorded in October 2012.

The dysphoric milk ejection reflex is an infrequently described phenomenon, when women notice emotional changes linked to their milk let-down reflex. We review symptoms & a theory of causality. We also report on new, stronger evidence that frenotomy is associated with improved breast pain.

Recorded in September 2012.

There appears to be an association between when bottles are introduced & the development of pyloric stenosis; Epidural analgesia is controversial in its effects on breastfeeding success during hospitalization

Recorded in September 2012.

Babies who are born via C-Section may have higher weights at birth compared to infants who are born via vaginal birth. We discuss how to evaluate & manage these babies

Recorded in August 2012.

We discuss the United States Affordable Health Care Act & its coverage of Women's Health Services including breastfeeding services; the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocol on recommendations regarding when breastfeeding babies should become NPO before sedation; the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocol on allergic proctocolitis in breastfeeding babies- what is this, how to diagnose it, & what to do about it.

Recorded in August 2012.

Although major health organizations recommend that women of average contamination risk should breastfeed, & that formula fed infants have poorer health, many families do express concern about contaminants in breastmilk, & wonder if they should breastfeed. This podcast addresses strategies to evaluate & counsel families on exposure to environmental contamination & plans to breastfeed.

Recorded in May 2012.