Breastfeeding Support for Healthy Mothers and Infants

Afsoon A. Anvari, MD,

Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Lauren P. Ferguson, DO,

Joint Base Andrews, Maryland

American Family Physician. 2024;110(1):24-25.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

This clinical content conforms to AAFP criteria for CME.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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4.National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Postnatal care. NICE guideline [NG194]. April 21, 2021. Accessed February 19, 2024. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng194

These are summaries of reviews from the Cochrane Library.

This series is coordinated by Corey D. Fogleman, MD, assistant medical editor.

A collection of Cochrane for Clinicians published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/cochrane.