When you have a newborn, you sometimes wonder when you will get to shower on a regular basis again. Then that newborn becomes a toddler, the sheer intensity eases up a little, and you start to consider whether you want to add another child to your family. At some point you take the plunge and you make the transition from one to two children. Eventually you find that you’re surviving and occasionally even thriving with two. Are you crazy to consider a third? A fourth? Mary Ostyn’s A Sane Women’s Guide to Raising a Large Family helps parents think through …read more

Pre-order the latest edition of the drug and lactation guide Medications and Mothers’ Milk and save 5% on your order! According to the publisher:
Some of the new features added to Medications and Mothers’ Milk 2008, thirteenth edition include:
- More than 70 new drugs.
- Rigorous updates to hundreds of drugs and tables.
- Updated tables on radiocontrast agents.
- Updated tables on cold and cough remedies.
I use this reference quite often in conjunction with the author Hale’s Medications Forum and the LactMed database.
I wish all medical and lactation professionals kept this reference on hand! It could save so many mothers and babies …read more