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Articles from LEAVEN
La Leche League's Publication for Leaders:
SOLVING SPECIFIC BREASTFEEDING PROBLEMS/RESEARCH ARTICLES

These articles deal with helping mothers with more technical or medical problems. In addition, articles on related topics, such as the family bed, milk banking, etc., are here. For helping mothers in general, please see our collection of LEAVEN articles on helping mothers. Articles are grouped under helpful sub-headings, and within those appear in chronological order, with more recent articles first. For your convenience, we also have an index of LEAVEN articles by date and issue.

We provide articles from our publications from previous years for reference for our Leaders and members. Readers are cautioned to remember that research and medical information change over time.

Looking for an article you don't see? Feel free to suggest additions. Providing the issue and year of publication will help us locate your article.

Contents

• Common Concerns--Healthy Mothers and Babies
• Medical Conditions in Babies
• Medical Conditions in Mothers
• Other Issues

Common Concerns--Healthy Mothers and Babies

• Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Breastfeeding Can Help (January-February-March 2007)
• Epidurals and Breastfeeding (October-November-December 2006)
• Breastfeeding and the Fast-Gaining Baby (July-August-September 2006)
• Is Weighing Baby to Measure Milk Intake a Good Idea? (July-August-September 2006)
• Early Childhood Caries (April-May-June 2006)
• Helping Mothers Who Work Outside the Home (December 2005-January 2006)
• The Importance of Colostrum (December 2004-January 2005)
• Adoptive Breastfeeding Beyond Infancy (October-November 2004)
• Building Milk Supply in Adoptive Mothers (October-November 2004)
• Holiday Weaning (June-July 2004)
• Exploring the World of Breast Pumps (June-July 2004)
• Are Used Breast Pumps a Good Option? Issues to Consider (June-July 2004)
• The World of Latch-On: One Leader's Journey (February-March 2004)
• Infant Self-Attachment (December 2002 - January 2003)
• Kangaroo Mother Care (October-November 2001)
• How Mother's Milk Is Made (June-July 2001)
• Answering Questions about Breast Pumps (February-March 2001)
• Supporting the Human-Milk-Feeding Mother (February-March 2001)
• Weaning as a Natural Process (December 2000-January 2001)
• Short Stories from around the world: Twin Mothers (December 2000-January 2001)
• Circumcision and Breastfeeding (October-November 2000)
• The Mother-Baby Dance: Positioning and Latch-On (August-September 2000)
• Introducing Complementary Foods (December 1999-January 2000)
• Helping a Mother with a Baby Who Is Reluctant to Nurse (October-November 1999)
• Supplementing the Breastfeeding Baby (August - September 1999) 
• Nipple Piercing: Is It Compatible with Breastfeeding? (June-July 1999)
• Sage Advice on Herbs and Breastfeeding (June-July 1998)
• Does This Mother Really Have to Wean? Questions Leaders Can Ask (October-November 1997)
• The Vegetarian Breastfeeding Mother (June-July 1997)
• Wet Nursing and Cross Nursing (July-August 1995)
• Nursing During Pregnancy (May-June 1995)
• Pesticides and Breastfeeding (May-June 1994) (research shows that breastfeeding is the best choice, in spite of contaminants)
• LLL Reaches Out to Mothers Nursing Twins (May-June 1992)
• Helping Large Breasted Mothers (May-June 1989)
• Breastfeeding and Contaminants (NEW BEGINNINGS, Sept-Oct 1986) (shows how media reports can scare mothers unnecessarily)

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Medical Conditions in Babies

• Bobby's Dairy -- An Update (December 2005-January 2006)
• Chiropractic Care for the Breastfeeding Dyad (December 2003 ­ January 2004)
• Sunlight Deficiency: Helping Breastfeeding Mothers Find the Facts (August-September 2003)
• Sunlight Deficiency, "Vitamin D," and Breastfeeding (June-July 2003)
• Bobby's Dairy: Nursing a Baby with Chylothorax (April-May 2003)
• GERD and the Breastfed Baby (February-March 2003)
• Cystic Fibrosis: How Leaders Can Help (October-November 2002)
• Tongue-Tie and Breastfeeding (April-May 2002)
• Autism and the Breastfeeding Family (February-March 2002)
• Preoperative Fasting (NPO): Guidelines for Breastfed Infants and Children (December 2001-January 2002)
• Pierre Robin Sequence (October-November 2001)
• Considering CranioSacral Therapy in Difficult Situations (August-September 2001)
• Tactile Defensiveness and Other Sensory Modulation Difficulties (June-July 2001)
• Congenital Disorders: Implications for Breastfeeding (December 1999-January 2000)
• When Baby Is Hospitalized (April-May 1999)
• Yeast Infections and the Breastfeeding Family (October-November 1998)
• To Breastfeed or Not: PKU, Galactosemia, Other Rare Disorders and Possible Misdiagnosis (August-September 1998)
• The Importance of Newborn Stool Counts (December 1997-January 1998)
• Allergies (August-September 1997)
• Clampdown Bite Reflex (July-August 1994)
• Neonatal Hypoglycemia and Breastfed Babies (May-June 1993) (how Leaders can reply to questions about hypoglycemia)

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Medical Conditions in Mothers

• New Studies in Postpartum Depression (August-September 2005)
• Gigantomastia (June-July 2005)
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (April-May 2005)
• Smoking and Breastfeeding (August-September 2004)
• Too Swollen to Latch On? Try Reverse Pressure Softening First (April-May 2003)
• Breast Health and Breastfeeding (December 2002 - January 2003)
• Breastfeeding after Breast Reduction Surgery (August-September 2002)
• Treatment Options for Depressed Breastfeeding Mothers: Allopathic, Alternative, and Lifestyle Changes (December 2001-January 2002)
• Helping a Breastfeeding Mother with Poison Ivy Dermatitis (April-May 2001)
• Breastfeeding after the Loss of a Multiple (October-November 2000)
• Nipple Shields . . . Friend or Foe? (June-July 2000)
• Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Breastfeeding (February-March 2000)
• Fitting Breastfeeding into Your Life (February-March 2000) (helping mothers with chronic illnesses)
• Nipple Pain: Causes, Treatments, and Remedies (February-March 2000)
• New Perspectives on Engorgement (December 1999-January 2000)
• Questions on Using Medications (August-September 1999)
• Helping the Visually Impaired or Blind Mother Breastfeed (June-July 1999)
• Cutting Breast Cancer Risk: Reason to Breastfeed (April-May 1999)
• Mother-Child Transmission of HIV (February-March 1999)
• Antidepressant Medication Use during Breastfeeding (April-May 1998)
• Weight Loss while Breastfeeding (October-November 1997)
• Breastfeeding and the Sexual Abuse Survivor (April-May 1997)
• Alcohol and Motherhood (April-May 1997) (research suggests occasional use of alcohol in limited amounts is compatible with breastfeeding)
• Medications and Breastfeeding (April-May 1997)
• When a New Mother Is Depressed (June-July 1996)
• Finish the First Breast First (September-October 1995) (one of four articles from Sept-Oct '95 on overactive letdown)
• Overactive Letdown: Consequences and Treatment (September-October 1995)
• Common Side Effects of an Overactive Letdown (September-October 1995) (sidebar from "Finish the First Breast First")
• Is Milk Supposed to Leak? (September-October 1995)
• Helping Mothers Who Are Deaf (May-June 1994)
• Postpartum Depression (July-August 1993) (the varying levels of PPD and how Leaders can help mothers with PPD)
• Mastitis--Plugged Ducts and Breast Infections (March-April 1993)
• LLL and the Mother Who Is Blind (September-October 1992)

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Other Issues

• Breastfeeding Legislation in the United States: A General Overview and Implications for Helping Mothers (June-July 2005)
• Are Tattoos Compatible with Breastfeeding? (February-March 2005)
• Enviromental Contaminants and Human Milk (December 2003 ­ January 2004)
• What Do We Do If We Suspect Child Abuse or Neglect? Our Role as LLL Leaders (October-November 2003)
• Breastfeeding Remains the Best Choice in a Polluted World (October-November 2003)
• Surprises in the 2003 Edition of THE BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK (February-March 2003)
• Becoming a Donor to a Human Milk Bank (April-May 2000)
• Letters to LLLI: Supplementation and Milk Banks & Outdated Books (April-May 2000)
• A Snapshot of Milk Banking in Other Countries (April-May 2000)
• When the Worst Happens: Helping a Mother Who Has Lost a Baby (February-March 2000)
• Recently, a Study About Co-Sleeping Received Widespread Publicity in the USA (October-November 1999) (press release on co-sleeping)
• Dietary Choices and DHA Supplementation (October-November 1998)
• Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Critical Listening (June-July 1998)
• Handling Legal Calls (November-December 1994)
• Nighttime Parenting in New Zealand (September-October 1993) (deals with the NZ crib/cot death study)

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