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Recommended Books on Breastfeeding
The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers : The Most Comprehensive Problem-Solution Guide to Breastfeeding from the Foremost Expert in North America There's a huge difference between "natural" and "easy"--just ask a woman who chose natural childbirth! Breastfeeding is certainly the most natural option for feeding your little one, and repeated studies have shown its nutritive value. But that doesn't make it easy, and not all medical practitioners are trained to answer questions about the process. In The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers, authors Jack Newman and Teresa Pitman have assembled a mass of real-life stories from their clinical experience, and with their straightforward, helpful advice, you'll be breastfeeding successfully in no time.
Divided into three main sections, the book provides new information about why breastfeeding really is the healthiest option and where you can find good, hands-on help locally. Later chapters deal with feeding-related issues like sleeping patterns, babysitters, and when to wean your baby--the authors strongly believe in long-term (through toddlerhood) breastfeeding, a slightly different approach than many working moms may prefer. The majority of the book falls under the section "Common Problems and Solutions," and this is where to turn for advice on everything from breast refusal to slow weight gain. Special topics like illness or medication in mom's system are dealt with in detail, as are sore breasts, colic, and premature or low-weight babies. The chapter covering unusual situations, such as breast surgery and adoption, emphasizes the possibilities rather than the difficulties, and offers advice on the use of hormones and finding a breast-milk bank. Ending with four pages of resources on everything from Web sites to hospitals, you'll find the answers you've been looking for in this unique guide. --Jill Lightner Every Mother's Personal Lactation Consultant
Are you one of the all-too-many women who experiences unnecessary difficulties with nursing your child? Although breastfeeding is the natural and healthy way to nourish a baby, it's not always easy. The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers will help you overcome your fears, doubts, and practical concerns about breastfeeding. In this comprehensive guide, Dr. Jack Newman—a leading authority on infant care who has established breastfeeding clinics throughout the world—brings the most important facts about breastfeeding to you. You'll learn:
·How to achieve a good "latch"—the essence of trouble-free breastfeeding
·What to do if your baby refuses the breast
·How to deal with sore breasts, cracked nipples, or breast surgeries
·Ways to ensure your baby gets enough milk
·How to breastfeed premature and adopted babies
·Ways to cope with the jaundiced or colicky baby
·And more
Whether this is your first baby or your fourth; if you're pregnant, breastfeeding your newborn, or wondering about weaning your toddler, this book is for you.
"Valuable clinical insight into handling breastfeeding problems by the most experienced clinician in this field." —Thomas W. Hale, PH.D., associate professor of pediatrics, Texas Tech University School of Medicine
"Every woman needs this book. The authors tackle the many myths that get women off to a bad start or undermine their confidence." —Kathleen G. Auerbach, PH.D. International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
Breastfeeding and Human Lactation (Jones and Bartlett Series in Breastfeeding/Human Lactation) This is THE reference text for lactation consultants. In its third edition, the text has been updated to reflect new knowledge in the physiology of breastfeeding, milk supply, positioning, the management of breastfeeding, and the role of the lactation consultant. The text is divided into 5 sections that cover the sociocultural context of infant feeding, anatomy and biological imperatives, the prenatal, perinatal and postnatal periods, beyond postpartum, and contemporary issues. It is accompanied by a CD-ROM and color insert, both of which accurately depict positioning, the normal breast, and breastfeeding problems.
Counseling: The Nursing Mother Unique among all other lactation texts in its attention to the importance of appropriate, effective communication techniques, Counseling the Nursing Mother thoroughly covers how counseling styles and approaches can enhance interactions with mothers. The text presents topics within a counseling framework and includes practical suggestions for working with mothers. The reader will gain insights into applying knowledge and research into everyday practice, and how to meet counseling challenges. Essential for anyone preparing for certification as a lactation consultant, every chapter and each topic interweaves counseling technique with practical information.
Eat Well, Lose Weight While Breastfeeding: The Complete Nutrition Book for Nursing Mothers, Including a Healthy Guide to the Weight Loss Your Doctor Promised Behan shows the nursing mom how to shed pounds and work on getting her figure back while keeping her child properly nourished and happy, with the revolutionary program she devised for herself in order to lose 52 pounds while nursing.
The Fussy Baby How to Bring Out the Best in Your High-Need Child (Sears, William, Growing Family Series.) "Let him cry it out!"
"Are you feeding that baby again?"
"Don't you ever put her down?"
Parents of fussy babies hear these kinds of remarks all the time. In fact, they may even ask themselves these questions. Faced with a baby who demands to be held, nursed, and comforted much of the time, new mothers may begin to doubt their own intuition, even as they long for a few hours of uninterrupted sleep. The first edition of THE FUSSY BABY, published in 1985, helped parents think about their demanding babies in a new light. These are children with high needs; children who are smart enough to ask for the high-quality caregiving that will help them develop their full potential. In this revised edition, attachment-parenting experts William and Martha Sears bring new insight to the tried-and-true advice that has worked for so many families over the last two decades. Respond to baby's needs and will build up your own sensitivity. Trust baby to tell you what he needs, and he will learn to trust himself and eventually grow to be confident and independent. Look for new information on colic (the "hurting baby"), gastroesophageal reflux, and the challenges of breastfeeding a fussy a baby, along with updated references, reorganized chapters, and lots and lots of mothering tips. THE FUSSY BABY has carried many families through times with a high-need infant. This new edition brings that tradition of sensitive, intuitive parenting to a new generation of caring mothers and fathers.
Adventures in Tandem Nursing: Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyond There is no doubt about it—when breastfeeding and pregnancy overlap, the questions abound! In this, the first full-length book ever on the topic of tandem nursing, Hilary Flower gives comprehensive and in-depth answers to a wide range of questions related to breastfeeding during pregnancy and tandem nursing.
Drawn from a great reservoir of mother wisdom, this book pools the stories of over 200 mothers from around the world. Extensive reviews of medical research and discussions with experts in the fields of nutrition, obstetrics, and anthropology have provided the author with a thorough understanding of what we know and what we can surmise on this important topic. Each mother's experience will be a one-of-a-kind adventure, full of surprises and choices. Adventures in Tandem Nursing provides an essential source of support, humor, and information for the journey.
Mothering Your Nursing Toddler The classic handbook for mothers who breastfeed their children past infancy in an updated expanded edition. Norma Jane Bumgarner puts the experience of nursing an older baby or child in perspective, within the context of the entire mother-child relationship. She cites biological, cultural, and historical evidence in support of extended breastfeeding and shares stories gleaned from thousands of families for whom breastfeeding and natural weaning have been the norm.
How Weaning Happens When counseling breastfeeding families who ask How Weaning Happens, author Diane Bengson says, "Gradually, with love." She answers the many questions she's seen hundreds of families bring up through her years as a La Leche League Leader and wrapped her own as well as their personal experiences into her book How Weaning Happens. She covers social and cultural differences among the breastfeeding families, pressures to wean, natural weaning and various other reasons to wean. She also writes about the physical and emotional changes of mother and child in a nursing relationship. Weaning is the first complete book on the topic from LLLI, though the organization has a number of shorter publications on the subject.
Oh Yes You Can Breastfeed Twins! ...Plus More Tips for Simplifying Life with Twins Book Description: From successful breastfeeding mother of twins April Rudat comes a practical, fun, and educational guide to breastfeeding and caring for multiples. "Oh Yes You Can Breastfeed Twins!" makes breastfeeding and parenting multiples a simpler feat with its up-to-date research and witty anecdotes. Packed with staple information for pregnant or new moms of multiples, "Oh Yes You Can Breastfeed Twins!" includes photos, charts, logs, illustrations, and troubleshooting tips. Finally, as a Registered Dietitian, April Rudat imparts readers with nutrition tips for each stage from lactation through the toddler years. About the Author: April Rudat is a Registered Dietitian with a Master's Degree in Counseling, and she has successfully breastfed her boy/girl twins for well over a year. She also freelance writes on breastfeeding, breastfeeding multiples, parenting, and nutrition-related topics.
Nursing Mother, Working Mother, Revised Edition The World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and other authorities on maternal-infant health all recommend breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months of a baby s life and continued breastfeeding through one to two years of age (or for as long as mother and baby desire). For working mothers of infants (more than half of all new mothers) meeting this goal can be challenging. The newly updated Nursing Mother, Working Mother offers you practical and reassuring advice on everything from choosing the right pump in every situation, to securing lactation space and respect at the workplace, to instructing childcare providers on feeding pumped breast milk, to continuing breastfeeding even when your job requires business travel. It also includes information on changes in workplace laws. As a breastfeeding mother, you need guidance and support to combine breastfeeding with your working life, and the reassuring and informative revised edition of Nursing Mother, Working Mother assists you at every step.
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