The Breastfeeding Handbook for Physicians, 3rd Edition, is the definitive resource on breastfeeding initiation, maintenance, support, and advocacy. Jointly developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), this must-have handbook features the most important and up-to-date developments in breastfeeding practice, research, policies, and outreach guidance, assembled by an expert physician panel.

All health professionals in your practice will refer to this convenient handbook again and again for easily accessible answers, solutions, and teaching and learning aids.

The third edition contains a wealth of practice-focused advice based on frontline clinical experience and the latest evidence for breastfeeding.

Cleft lip and cleft palate in breastfeeding infants

Risk reductions in breastfeeding infants

Neurodevelopmental outcomes of breastfeeding

Breastfeeding in preterm infants

Health benefits of breastfeeding for mothers

Recommended breastfeeding strategies for health professionals

Breastfeeding education

Recommended breastfeeding practices

Risk factors for lactation problems

Human milk microbiota and bioactive factors

Breast development stages and lactogenesis

Supporting early breastfeeding before and after delivery

Breastfeeding assessment tools

Ankyloglossia and breastfeeding

Insufficient milk

Vitamin and mineral supplementation

Breastfeeding guidance during preventive health care visits

Management of breastfeeding complications

Elements of a breastfeeding-friendly office environment

National breastfeeding initiatives

Feeding human milk without birthing

Relactation

Supplemental feeding methods

Drugs and breastfeeding

Contraception When Breastfeeding

And more!

New in the 3rd Edition

The latest AAP and ACOG breastfeeding policies

An all-new chapter on the Non-nutritive Components in Human Milk, including bioactive factors and host defense mechanisms

New guidance on breastfeeding and substance use, including electronic cigarettes and alcohol

Updated life-saving breastfeeding support strategies for inclusion in disaster preparedness plans

Current evidence on infant and maternal outcomes from breastfeeding

Updated guidance on vitamin D, vitamin K, and iron supplementation in newborns

Updated discussion of breastfeeding and environmental agents, including sunscreen

New guidance for COVID-19 and breastfeeding

Updated discussion of legislative protections for mothers in the workplace