Breastfeeding Benefits: References

Office on Women’s health. US Department of Health and Human Services. Breastfeeding. https://www.womenshealth.gov/Breastfeeding. Updated September 28, 2017. Accessed October 2017.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Travel recommendations for the nursing mother. https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/recommendations/travel_recommendations.htm. Updated June 17, 2015. Accessed October 2017.

Optimizing support for breastfeeding as part of obstetric practice. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Committee Opinion, Number 658, February 2016 (replaces Committee Opinion, Number 361, February 2007, Reaffirmed 2017). https://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Obstetric-Practice/Optimizing-Support-for-Breastfeeding-as-Part-of-Obstetric-Practice. Accessed October 2017.

Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement. Pediatrics. March 2012, VOL 129, Issue 3. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/3/e827.full#content-block. Accessed October 2017.

Meek JY, Hatcher AJ. The breastfeeding-friendly pediatric office practice. American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/04/13/peds.2017-0647. April 2017. Accessed October 2017.

Exclusive breastfeeding. World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/exclusive_breastfeeding/en/. Accessed October 2017.