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.
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    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

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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
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