Recommended Books on Breastfeeding
Defining your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery This book was written to enable mother who have had breast reduction surgery to breastfeed their babies. although written directly to the mother who wishes to breastfeed after reduction, this book is also a valuable resource for health care professionals--surgeons, physicians, midwives, pediatrics and maternity nurses and lactation consultants. This first of its kind publication addresses questions and myths whether its possible to breastfeed after breast reduction surgery.
Breastfeeding Your Baby: Revised Edition World-famous child educator Sheila Kitzinger provides encouragement, common sense and expertise in this pictorial guide to breastfeeding.
Amy Spangler's Breastfeeding: A Parent's Guide Friendly,personal,and honest, BREASTFEEDING A Parent's Guide separates the facts from the myths about breastfeeding. It answers the questions most often asked about breastfeeding and deals honestly and directly with the advantages as well as the concerns. Detailed drawings, clear instrustions and helpful advice make this the book breastfeeding parents will refer to over and over again. It is the perfect book for today's parents...parents who wonder if breastfeeding will work in their busy lives.
Breastfeeding the Newborn: Clinical Strategies for Nurses Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist, Herndon, VA. Text for breast feeding promotion and management. Features practical tips, chapter on preterm infants, the 10-steps of the baby-friendly hospital initiative, and an expanded appendix. Text contains halftone illustrations, tables, and graphs. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover. DNLM: Breast Feeding.
The Breastfeeding Answer Book: Pocket Guide Edition The POCKET GUIDE TO THE BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK is a necessity for anyone who works in the field of lactation. The information is up-to-date, in-depth, and easy to access, making it practical for quick reference, while its broad scope makes it a complete resource. When La Leche League International introduced THE BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK IN 1991, breastfeeding counselors worldwide welcomed it as the most complete and comprehensive guide to helping mothers find answers to their breastfeeding questions. La Leche League International has done it again with the new POCKET GUIDE TO THE BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK. This guide packs a tremendous amount of practical breastfeeding information in its small size. La Leche League International’s Center for Breastfeeding Information, the world’s most extensive collection of research related to breastfeeding was the primary source of scientific studies used for this comprehensive guide.
Breastfeeding for Dummies Gain confidence and enjoy breastfeeding
Get physically and mentally ready to breastfeed your baby This easy-to-follow guide, written by two maternal/ child health experts, provides practical, reassuring advice on everything from making preparations at home and starting to breastfeed at the hospital to breastfeeding while working and weaning. The Dummies Way - Explanations in plain English
- "Get in, get out" information
- Icons and other navigational aids
- Tear-out cheat sheet
- Top ten lists
- A dash of humor and fun
Discover how to: - Tell if your baby is getting enough milk
- Care for your breasts and nipples
- Solve breastfeeding problems
- Nurse two children at a time
- Breastfeed outside the home
The Breastfeeding Atlas The Breastfeeding Atlas contains the practical wisdom gleaned from close to 40 years of combined experience. In their private practices, Barbara Wilson-Clay and Kay Hoover have encountered thousands of babies. Here are their stories told as case studies, illustrated with 230 color photographs. Carefully referenced to the medical literature, this is an invaluable book for students and for health professionals who assist breastfeeding mothers.
Breastfeeding: A Parent's Guide A practical, step-by-step guide for today's parents-parents who wonder if breastfeeding will work in their busy lives. Friendly, personal, and honest, BREASTFEEDING, A PARENT'S GUIDE separates breastfeeding facts from myths. It answers the breastfeeding questions most often asked about breastfeeding and discusses the realities of breastfeeding for today's parents. Detailed drawings, clear instructions, and helpful advice make this the breastfeeding book parents refer to over and over again.
The Politics of Breastfeeding, 3rd Edition: When Breasts are Bad for Business As revealing as "Freakonomics", shocking as "Fast Food Nation" and thought provoking as "No Logo", "The Politics of Breastfeeding" exposes infant feeding as one of the most important public health issues of our time. Every thirty seconds a baby dies from infections due to a lack of breastfeeding and the use of bottles, artificial milks and other risky products. In her powerful book Gabrielle Palmer describes how big business uses subtle techniques to pressure parents to use alternatives to breastmilk. The infant feeding product companies' thirst for profit systematically undermines mothers' confidence in their ability to breastfeed their babies. An essential and inspirational eye-opener, "The Politics of Breastfeeding" challenges our complacency about how we feed our children and radically reappraises a subject which concerns not only mothers, but everyone: man or woman, parent or childless, old or young. It is the 3rd fully revised and updated edition.
Breastfeeding Pure & Simple Offers information and inspiration that mothers need to begin breastfeeding and to continue for may months. It gives concise answers to common questions and provides practical solutins for problems mothers encouter such as avoiding sore nipples, dealing with newborn jaundice, breastfeeding after a cesarean, deciding when and how to wean, starting solids and finding time for mothers.
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