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The key to mapping out a successful patient journey is to use a strategic, step-by-step approach. You have many decisions to make at each stop along the way. Not only do you need to serve your client well, you also need to know how your efforts are performing. That information will help you make smart decisions about your resources going forward. We'll show you the 4 tools you need to be using at every step.

There's so much information to give to your families before they are discharged to home with their infants. It's easy for them to be overwhelmed. We've updated and improved our book, A New Beginning, to make it an even better tool for you and your patients throughout their stay and after they go home.

There is a rising interest in placentophagy among postpartum women, especially in the United States. Maternal placentophagy, the postpartum ingestin of the placenta by the mother, is a common behavior among mammals (exept for camels and aquatic animals). However, it is not routine behavior in the human culture, though it is widespread among other primate species.

Researchers, music therapists and birth experts have conducted a number of studies about the role of music therapy in breastfeeding. Can music actually have an effect on breastfeeding mothers and their milk? Are those breastfeeding playlists on Spotify really helping anyone? Music has been proven to have a sizable effect on relaxation, anxiety and bonding – all of which impact breastfeeding and breastmilk production. Here are just a few studies that showed music's effect in different applications.