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Relactation and Induced Lactation Resources

Bibliography

By Kelly Bonyata, BS, IBCLC

• Relactation
• Induced Lactation and Adoptive Breastfeeding
• Publications

Relactation

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• Adoptive Breastfeeding & Relactation

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• La Leche League
  • Relactation stories from LLL's New Beginnings
• World Health Organization
  • Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development. Relactation: A review of experience and recommendations for practice (WHO/CHS/CAH/98.14). Geneva: World Health Organization,1998.
  • Programme for Nutrition Policy, Infant Feeding and Food Security.  Infant Feeding in Emergencies [Large PDF file] (EU/ICP/LVNG 01 02 08). Geneva: World Health Organization, 1997.
• Re-lactation, Hand Expression and Cup Feeding from the Emergency Nutrition Network's Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Policy, Strategy & Practice
• Relactation: From Bottle to Breast – The Remaking of Mother's Milk by Alisa Ikeda
• Relactation and Adoptive Nursing by Anne Smith, IBCLC
• Relactation by Kathy Kuhn, IBCLC
• Relactation Boot Camp from the Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website
• Relactation: The Chance To Change Course by Susan Sempeles
• Relactation: One Alternative to Untimely Weaning by Janice Nau, LPN

• My Adoptive Breastfeeding Journal by Kay Green. See a more condensed version of her story here.
• Mom's story: Relactation: It Was a War, and I Won by Lisa Bryan

Induced Lactation and Adoptive Breastfeeding

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• Adoptive Breastfeeding & Relactation

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• The Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website
  • Adoption and Breastfeeding Information & Support from Darrillyn Starr, a mother who successfully nursed her 6 adopted children
• La Leche League
  • Adoptive Breastfeeding FAQ
  • Adoptive Breastfeeding articles from New Beginnings
  • Building Milk Supply in Adoptive Mothers by Karleen Gribble
  • Adoptive Breastfeeding Beyond Infancy by Karleen Gribble
• Ask Lenore
  • The Protocols for Induced Lactation: A Guide for Maximizing Breastmilk Production by Lenore Goldfarb, B. Comm, B. Sc., LE and Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC (based on the Original Induced Lactation Protocol conceived and published by Jack Newman, MD)
  • FAQ about adoptive breastfeeding from AskLenore.info
• World Health Organization
  • Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development. Relactation: A review of experience and recommendations for practice (WHO/CHS/CAH/98.14). Geneva: World Health Organization,1998.
  • Programme for Nutrition Policy, Infant Feeding and Food Security.  Infant Feeding in Emergencies [Large PDF file] (EU/ICP/LVNG 01 02 08). Geneva: World Health Organization, 1997.
• Induced Lactation by Barbara Wilson-Clay, BSE, IBCLC (at surrogacy.com)
• Breastfeeding an Adopted Baby by Barbara Wilson-Clay, BSE, IBCLC
• Relactation and Adoptive Nursing by Anne Smith, IBCLC
• Lact Aid's Online Library with information on adoptive nursing
• Lactation Induction: Herbal List and Pumping Instructions by Mechell Turner, M. ED. IBCLC, CCE

• Preparing to Nurse Our Baby; Learning about Adoptive Nursing
• A Special Gift: Breastfeeding an Adopted Baby by Julie Bouchet Horwitz, from Mothering magazine Issue 104, January/February 2001.
• Interview with Karleen D Gribble PhD on adoptive breastfeeding and breastfeeding older (4+ months) adopted babies at the LetsTalkAdoption.com

Publications (most recent listed first)

Books

• Lawrence R, Lawrence R. Breastfeeding: A Guide for the Medical Profession, 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Mosby, 2005: 713-734.
• Australian Breastfeeding Association. Relactation and Adoptive Breastfeeding. East Malvern, Victoria: Australian Breastfeeding Association; 2004 April.
• La Leche League International. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, 7th revised ed. Schaumburg, Illinois: La Leche League International, 2004: 302-306.
• Mohrbacher N, Stock J. The Breastfeeding Answer Book, Third Revised Edition. Schaumburg, Illinois: La Leche League International, 2003: 385-403.
• Riordan J. Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, 3rd ed. Boston and London: Jones and Bartlett, 2004: 355-357, 467-470.
• Flower H. Adventures in Tandem Nursing: Breastfeeding during pregnancy and beyond. Schaumburg, Illinois: La Leche League International; 2003: 151-164.
• Newman J, Pitman T. The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers. Roseville, California: Prima; 2000: 334-349.
• Department of Child and Adolescent Health and Development. Relactation: A review of experience and recommendations for practice (WHO/CHS/CAH/98.14). Geneva: World Health Organization, 1998.
• Programme for Nutrition Policy, Infant Feeding and Food Security.  Infant Feeding in Emergencies [Large PDF file] (EU/ICP/LVNG 01 02 08). Geneva: World Health Organization, 1997.

Journal Articles

Relactation

• Banapurmath S, Banapurmath CR, Kesaree N. Initiation of lactation and establishing relactation in outpatients. Indian Pediatr. 2003 Apr;40(4):343-7.
• Menon J, Mathews L. Relactation in mothers of high risk infants. Indian Pediatr. 2002 Oct;39(10):983-4.
• De NC, Pandit B, Mishra SK, Pappu K, Chaudhuri SK. Initiating the process of relactation: an Institute based study. Indian Pediatr. 2002 Feb;39(2):173-8.
• Marquis GS, Diaz J, Bartolini R, Creed de Kanashiro H, Rasmussen KM. Recognizing the reversible nature of child-feeding decisions: breastfeeding, weaning, and relactation patterns in a shanty town community of Lima, Peru. Soc Sci Med. 1998 Sep;47(5):645-56.
• Rogers IS. Relactation. Early Hum Dev. 1997 Oct 29;49 Suppl:S75-81.
• Seema, Patwari AK, Satyanarayana L. Relactation: an effective intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding. J Trop Pediatr. 1997 Aug;43(4):213-6.
• Thompson NM. Relactation in a newborn intensive care setting. J Hum Lact. 1996 Sep;12(3):233-5.
• Phillips V. Relactation in mothers of children over 12 months. J Trop Pediatr. 1993 Feb;39(1):45-8.
• Bose CL, D'Ercole AJ, Lester AG, Hunter RS, Barrett JR. Relactation by mothers of sick and premature infants. Pediatrics. 1981 Apr;67(4):565-9.
• Auerbach KG, Avery JL. Relactation: a study of 366 cases. Pediatrics. 1980 Feb;65(2):236-42.

Adoptive Breastfeeding

• Gribble K. The influence of context on the success of adoptive breastfeeding: Developing countries and the west. Breastfeed Rev 2004; 5-13.
• Biervliet FP, Maguiness SD, Hay DM, Killick SR, Atkin SL. Induction of lactation in the intended mother of a surrogate pregnancy: Case report. Hum Reprod. 2001 Mar;16(3):581-3.
• Cheales-Siebenaler NJ. Induced lactation in an adoptive mother. J Hum Lact. 1999 Mar;15(1):41-3.
• Abejide OR, Tadese MA, Babajide DE, Torimiro SE, Davies-Adetugbo AA, Makanjuola RO. Non-puerperal induced lactation in a Nigerian community: case reports. Ann Trop Paediatr. 1997 Jun;17(2):109-14.
• Hartmann P, Atwood C, Cox D, et al. Endocrine and autocrine strategies for the control of lactation in women and sows. In: Wilde C, Peaker M, Knight D, eds. Intercellular signaling in the mammary gland. New York, NY: Plenum Press; 1995: 203-225.
• Nemba K. Induced lactation: a study of 37 non-puerperal mothers. J Trop Pediatr. 1994 Aug;40(4):240-2.
• Banapurmath CR, Banapurmath S, Kesaree N. Successful induced non-puerperal lactation in surrogate mothers. Indian J Pediatr. 1993 Sep-Oct;60(5):639-43.
• Amico JA, Finley BE. Breast stimulation in cycling women, pregnant women and a woman with induced lactation: pattern of release of oxytocin, prolactin and luteinizing hormone. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1986 Aug;25(2):97-106.
• De Leo V, Petraglia F, Sardelli S, et al. Use of domperidone in the induction and maintenance of maternal breast feeding. Minerva Ginecol. 1986 Apr;38(4):311-5.
• Petraglia F, De Leo V, Sardelli S, Pieroni ML, D'Antona N, Genazzani AR. Domperidone in defective and insufficient lactation. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1985 May;19(5):281-7.
• Auerbach KG, Avery JL. Induced lactation. A study of adoptive nursing by 240 women. Am J Dis Child. 1981 Apr;135(4):340-3.
• Auerbach KG. Extraordinary breast feeding: relactation/induced lactation. J Trop Pediatr. 1981 Feb;27(1):52-5.
• Kulski JK, Hartmann PE, Saint WJ, Giles PF, Gutteridge DH. Changes in the milk composition of nonpuerperal women. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1981 Mar 1;139(5):597-604.
• Kleinman R, Jacobson L, Hormann E, Walker WA. Protein values of milk samples from mothers without biologic pregnancies. J Pediatr. 1980 Oct;97(4):612-5.
• Jelliffe DB, Jelliffe EF. Non-puerperal induced lactation. Pediatrics. 1972 Jul;50(1):170-1.
• Slome C. Nonpuerperal lactation in grandmothers. J Pediatr. 1956 Nov;49(5):550-2.

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Written: 02/19/1999