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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144660703321

Titolo

Breast-feeding and the mother

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland, 1976

ISBN

0-444-15241-5

1-280-78360-5

9786613693990

0-470-72027-1

0-470-71795-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 45 (new ser.)

Disciplina

612.6/64

Soggetti

Breastfeeding

Lactation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Breast-feeding and the Mother; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Pituitary-adrenal responsiveness of rat mothers to noxious stimuli and stimuli produced by pups; Discussion; Hormonal control of lactation; Discussion; Significance of the secretion of human prolactin and gonadotropin for puerperal lactational infertility; Discussion; Lactation-the central control of reproduction; Discussion; Lactation: some cardiovascular and metabolic consequences, and the mechanisms of lactose and ion secretion into milk; Discussion

Changes in the body and its organs during lactation: nutritional implications Discussion; Maternal nutrition and lactation; Discussion; The new mother's view of herself; Discussion; Shame and other anxieties associated with breast-feeding: a systems theory and psychodynamic approach; Discussion; The effect of early mother- infant contact on breast-feeding, infection and growth; Discussion; Cross-cultural aspects of breast-feeding; Discussion; Every life needs nutritional and emotional satisfaction: the midwife's opportunity; Discussion; Lactation education: the learning of the 'obvious'

Discussion Community and sociopolitical considerations of breast-feeding; Discussion; General Discussion: Collaborative studies on



breast-feeding; Maternal disease and milk yield; Delivery and obstetric practice; Index of contributors; Subject index