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When a baby is born, breastfeeding should be assessed just like every other measure of neonate health. As discussed in previous chapters, what happens during the first week of nursing has a direct bearing on long-term breastfeeding success. But evaluation isn’t enough. Mothers who have trouble breastfeeding are offered many overlapping and contradictory treatments, depending on the accuracy of the evaluation and diagnosis, and on where the treatment information comes from. In this chapter I discuss treatment options, along with the background and intent of each treatment. Different and overlapping treatments are often utilized, and sometimes there is more than one option. Treatments are listed with research supporting (and sometimes refuting) recommendations that are commonly given. I then give my recommendations for how treatments are best utilized.

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Dahl, L. (2015). Treatments. In: Clinician’s Guide to Breastfeeding. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18194-3_7

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