Revised edition of: Impact of birthing practices on breastfeeding / Mary Kroeger. c2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical perspectives on childbirth and breastfeeding -- Evidence-based practice in perinatal care -- Companion(s) of the mother's choice -- Cascade of interventions : physics, forces, and mechanics -- Cascade of interventions : chance or choice? the "seduction of induction" -- Modifiable labor influences : freely move about, or "gravity works" -- Modifiable labor influences : eat and drink, or "labor is work" -- Modifiable labor influences : labor pain management -- Modifiable birth influences : surgery and trauma -- Restoration and recovery.