I suggest you review the last couple of years of Journal of Human Lactation. There are excellent reviews of books, pamphlets, etc which may be useful for your classes. My feeling is that if the woman has made changes in her diet during pregnancy, then she has improved her diet as much as she is able, tho small improvements may continue thru her lifetime. I think it is wrong to try to overemphasize diet during breastfeeding, and in general to try to cover all eventualities when teaching about bf. \ Because I work with a WIC program, and have little time with each mom, I have honed my "schpiel" down to how to tell if baby is getting enough(wet/bm diapers, content,freq wt checks in first few weeks), latch on, and milk transfer, and know your baby--mom can know the best. Be sure to ask what particular concerns the mother or family has. The health prof. job is to ask lots of questions to ascertain how well things are going, schedule freq wt checks when there is any question of how things are going, and always see the baby rather than doing all counseling over the phone. That's it in a nutshell. Michelle Scott, RD,MA,IBCLC in NH ---------- From: Beadie Cambardella RN IBCLC FACCE[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sunday, November 01, 1998 11:17 PM Subject: nutritonal reference Dear Friends Thanks for those of you who sent ideas and suggestions for refreshing the breastfeeding classes. Also am in need a current reference for parents that is relative to childbearing woman nutrition and implications for the variables. Pregnant , lactating ,vegetarian, gestational diabetic obese, underweight etc but also appropriate /accurate info for the "How to" of breastfeeding at least the early weeks. Thanks and congratulations to all of the new IBCLCs on Lactnet. With kindest regards, Beadie Cambardella RN IBCLC FACCE [log in to unmask]