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The Breastfeeding Answer Book

Nancy Mohrbacher, Julie Stock

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Total reviews: 16 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Very useful, though hard to navigate 4 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This is a very good reference book for anyone who works in the field of lactation. It is not a book that you should read cover to cover; instead, it is a reference tool.

One downside to this book is that the index leaves a lot to be desired. It is not complete and it is poorly organized. Yes, it is in alphabetical order, but the words they indexed are often not helpful. I generally find I have to go through the TOC to find what I need - something a bit backwards from other reference material.

Other than that, this is well worth the money.

Editorial Review:

Revised and updated, the Breastfeeding Answer Book is the definitive resource for those who are dedicated to helping mothers breastfeed.

Highlights of the third edition include new approaches to positioning and latch-on, information on the use of prescription and herbal medications to increase milk supply, new illustrations of breast structure and how the breast functions as reflected in the research of Dr Peter Hartmann, and information on breastfeeding in emergency situations. This guidebook, which also explores controversial issues such as vitamin D supplementation of the breastfed baby and new treatment options for damaged nipples, can be used with confidence to help mothers establish and enjoy a satisfying breastfeeding relationship with their babies.

The American Academy of Pediatrics New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding (American Academy of Pediatrics)

American Academy Of Pediatrics, Joan Younger Md Meek, Sherill Tippins

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Editorial Review:

The Breastfeeding Book Your Doctor Recommends

Why is breastfeeding best for my baby? Will I like it? What if it hurts? What happens when my maternity leave is over? Will I be able to use a breast pump? How can I make this work?

The American Academy of Pediatrics, the organization that represents the nation’s finest pediatricians, answers these questions and many more in this invaluable resource to help you and your baby get the healthiest possible start. The benefits of breastfeeding will last a lifetime, for both you and your baby.

Here is everything new mothers need to know about breastfeeding. From preparing for the first feeding to adjusting to home, family, and work life as a nursing mother, this comprehensive resource covers:

• Preparing for breastfeeding before your baby is born

• Breastfeeding benefits for mothers and babies, including the most recent neurological, psychological, and immunological research showing why breastfeeding enhances your infant’s immune system and protects against many common illnesses

• Establishing a nursing routine and what to do when you return to work

• The father’s role and creating a postpartum support network

• Handling special situations, from C-sections to premature births

• Breastfeeding beyond infancy

• Weaning your baby

• Solutions to common breastfeeding challenges

• And much more

Mothers everywhere will find this book an indispensable guide to one of life’s most important decisions.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Adventures in Tandem Nursing: Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyond

Hilary Flower

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Total reviews: 29 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

trying to find a book about the impact a 2nd child will have on your family? 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I wasn't overly impressed by any of the ones I saw, so I dug this out instead, figuring I could at least get a little heads up on what to expect in terms of nursing (like everyone else posting reviews, I've got a nursing toddler and am pregnant; having gotten thru the worst of the soreness, I don't expect weaning soon). In the event, this book offers a nice overview of other impacts on the family of adding a new baby to the mix: sleep issues, routines, keeping the toddler happy while the newborn has you fully occupied, etc. And unlike some of the other second-child books, this one is firmly focused on attachment parenting/co-sleeping/extended nursing/etc.

Flowers' narrative voice is pleasant without wasting your time. As with all too many books about breastfeeding, the format is a little large for holding comfortably while nursing. The voices of many, many mothers who have Already Been There are included within a structure that lets you look up an answer to a question you have quickly.

Editorial Review:

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.

Pocket Guide for Lactation Management

Karin Cadwell

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pocket guide for lactation management 5 out of 5 stars.
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Great all together basic lactation pocket book for lactation consultants. Great diagrams, nursing (ie RN) responsibilities, BFHI, what to do....
Would recommend.

great book to have for everyday use 5 out of 5 stars.
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well written, lots of great information. This book can answer common adn difficult questions in regards to helping a mother with breastfeeding. The author is well known and all her other books are just as great.

Editorial Review:

An Evidence-Based Guide for All Health Care Providers! This easy-to-use guide is the perfect planning resource and a key reference for the variety of situations commonly encountered by those working with lactating and breastfeeding mothers and their babies. Conveniently organized by the issue that the health care provider will meet, this pocket guide helps caregivers quickly resolve key challenges such as: babies who aren t gaining weight fast enough, mother with sore nipples, and basic sucking problems. Quick reference charts, algorithms and diagrams assist the caregiver in quickly determining whether they have assessed the situation correctly.

Mothering Your Nursing Toddler

Norma J. Bumgarner

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Total reviews: 33 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Not useful for working moms 1 out of 5 stars.
25 of 28 people found this review helpful.

I have an 11-month old son and have worked almost full-time for 4 months. This book is useless for working moms. After taking pains to say that nursing mothers shouldn't work, she goes on to say that if you do need/choose to work, pumping will be impossible to maintain long-term and that working mothers often choose to wean so they can stop pumping and get back to "socializing with their coworkers" at breaktime. As someone who has pumped in every imaginable situation in order to continue to breastfeed my son, I find this both ignorant and insulting. I will look elsewhere for advice on keeping on breastfeeding and working after my son turns 1.

Editorial Review:

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.

Breastfeeding and Human Lactation

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FANTASTIC 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful.

I love this book. It's well organized and easy to read even though some info is quite technical. I'm taking the IBCLC exam soon and out of several books I'm using for review, this is my favorite.

Editorial Review:

Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Second Edition is the most current and complete examination of breastfeeding and human lactation on the market today. Recognized as the authority on this subject, the second edition provides the comprehensive reference needed by nurses, nurse midwives, lactation consultants, childbirth educators, dietitians, and all other professionals who provide direct service to breastfeeding families. Representing more than 60 years of the author's combined experience, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, Second Edition brings together, in a single resource, the clinical techniques, research findings, and varied roles of lactation consultants needed by anyone involved in the profession.

Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence

Marcia Walker

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This must-have resource provides the newest thinking and research in a convenient evidence-based guide for managing breastfeeding and breastfeeding problems.

How Weaning Happens

Diane Bengson

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No help for for mother-led weaning 2 out of 5 stars.
18 of 21 people found this review helpful.

A La Leche League leader advised me to read this book in response to my request for advice. Everyone else I knew who had been through the weaning process had seen their children gradually lose interest. This was NOT the path my son was taking. Nursing seemed to be a crucial form of security, comfort and love for him. He was two and my husband and I were very uncomfortable with continuing to nurse, especially in public. Reading this book was very demoralizing. The author goes to great lengths to emphasize the emotional importance of nursing to children, and gives many examples of techniques mothers can use to encourage weaning without actually leading the process, none of which were helpful to me. She actually quotes one mother who says that deciding to wean her child was the worst decision she had ever made as a parent, and that it devastated her relationship with her child. Finally I realized that at two years of age, the vast majority of children have found other sources for security and comfort, so my son could too. And I had to face the fact that my feelings needed to count too. I decided to wean my son at two and a half cold turkey. He was warned well in advance and often. The first day, he was more clingy than he had ever been before, not allowing me to put him down without screaming inconsolably. My worst fears, which all sprang from this book, were haunting me. Then I discovered that he had a very high fever. I gave him some fever-reducing medicine and he was his old self again in half an hour. And he never even asked to nurse again.

Every child is unique. And so is every mother. This book has been highly appreciated by many who found it supportive of their decision to keep nursing. I found it highly insensitive and deeply UNsupportive of my decision to wean. I was especially troubled by the author's decision to share a story from a woman who went against her doctor's advice and resumed nursing after undergoing a medical procedure, thereby exposing herself to the risk of painful complications. As mothers, we give a tremendous amount of ourselves to others. But it is profoundly antifeminist to insist that we always remain self sacrificing. Each woman deserves to be supported when she has made her choices about nursing. These choices are very personal. The author should not presume to tell us nothing but horror stories about mother-lead weaning, as if this were a terrible mistake for everyone. I just want others to know that it was NOT a terrible mistake for me, and it might not be for you either. You know yourself and your child best.

Editorial Review:

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.

Breastfeeding A-Z: Terminology and Telephone Triage

Karin Cadwell, Cindy Turner-Maffei

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It's OK, but there are better resources out there..... 3 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This reference has a lot of good information in it, but it does not compare to The Breastfeeding Answer Book by La Leche League (I have no personal or professional affiliations with this organization). I doubt I will choose this book as my first resource when handling issues over the phone.

Editorial Review:

Answering breastfeeding questions on the telephone is a complex process. Telephone Triage for Breastfeeding provides lactation consultants, nurses, physicians, and nutritionists with evidence-based information on breastfeeding issues that may present as telephone calls. This succinct reference covers the triage guides for common problems such as breast pain, engorgement, concerns about milk supply, and also contains an encyclopedia of terms relevant to breastfeeding in both in plain language and in medical terminology. The key words direct further questions and provide the support person with information in order to clarify the situation and decide the appropriate urgency and disposition of the case.

The unique combination of encyclopedia with triage provides a dual-duty quick-reference tool for new and experienced clinicians.

Nursing Your Baby 4e

Karen Pryor, Gale Pryor

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the NURSING BIBLE ! 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This book allowed me to successfully nurse my baby from day one! It is filled with both information about why nursing is better than formula, as well as with VERY positive advice and ENCOURAGEMENT from two nursing vetrans! It is an interesting and informative read. Contains LOTS of infomation on positioning and how to get started nursing from day one. Also includes sections on nursing the older baby and nursing problems. Makes you feel confident that you CAN nurse your baby! LOVED IT!

Editorial Review:

For more than 40 years, mothers have depended on the wisdom and warmth of Nursing Your Baby. Now authors Karen Pryor and her daughter Gale Pryor have revised and updated their classic guide for today's generation of women. New information includes:

• Up-to-date studies on health benefits for breastfed infants and breastfeeding mothers
• Tips for getting the best start on breastfeeding during the first hours, weeks, and months after birth
• Breastfeeding advice for working mothers
• Legal rights as a nursing mother
• Choosing and using a breast pump
• How fathers and families can support new nursing mothers

With its unique blend of support, science, and research, this classic guide will continue to encourage mothers to nurse their babies as long as they both desire.