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Concerned about making enough milk for your baby? Wondering how to make more? Two lactation experts are here to help.
Separate fact from fiction with help from this comprehensive book about improving low milk supply. Written by two leading experts who have been there themselves and officially recommended by La Leche League International, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk incorporates the latest research and discoveries about causes of low milk supply, the way your body makes milk, and how babies contribute to your milk production. Best of all, you'll find valuable suggestions for both time-honored and innovative ways to make more milk.
Learn the facts about:
- Determining if baby is really getting enough milk
- Supplementing without decreasing your supply
- Maximizing the amount of milk you can make
- Identifying the causes of your low supply
- Increasing your supply with the most effective methods, including pumping, herbs, medications, foods, and alternative therapies
- Making more milk when you return to work, exclusively pump, have a premie or multiples, relactate, or induce lactation
About the Author
Diana West, IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant in private practice and author of Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery.
Lisa Marasco, M.A., IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant both in private practice and for WIC and contributing author to the Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This deceptively short book (under 300 pages) is more than worth its weight in gold. Diana West, author of "Defining your own success: breastfeeding after reduction surgery", has brought together a mountain of medical research and mothers own stories to produce a volume that would save many women the worry of not producing enough milk to breastfeed their baby. Beginning with a summary of the biology behind milk production, establishing what the range of 'normal' is and how to establish a good supply at birth and investigate possible problems, she then discusses potential causes: is it something you're doing? (latch problems, overnight 'disappearance', stealthy saboteurs: common substances that inhibit milk production; pregnancy; outside interferences, frequency and duration; your ned for sleep; supplementation; nutrition; hydration (did you know, for instance, that drinking too MUCH water can reduce your milk supply?) Is it the baby (palatal variations, airway problems, cardiac problems, nervous system issues etc etc) Is it something about your breasts? (yes, some women do not have enough glandular tissue but that is very rare) or Is it your hormones? I simply cannot praise this book enough and sincerely wish I had read it before my own six month battle to breastfeed my little girl. Luckily her tongue tie (one of /three/ kinds discussed in this book) was treated as well as my by then poor supply and we are still going strong at 12 months. I hope this encourages you to buy it, it is well worth the time.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is excellent for anyone who is concerned about their supply. It covers a multitude of reasons for low supply - and methods of increasing it.
The book begins by explaining how milk is produced - but is not as technical as to put off a non-medical person. It is important to understand what the body does, as it can help you identify the problem (if there is one) and how to approach it. It goes on to examine ways to determine if there actually is a supply problem or if it's something that either you or the baby is doing; what's normal and what's not; and has a comprehensive guide to galactogogues, which I found very useful - you will often hear about fenugreek but there are many others. The book gives help for you going back to work, a section on special circumstances such as preemies, multiples, induced lactation, relactation and much more.
It is a comprehensive guide which I found not only educational, informative and useful but reassuring. Definitely worth buying.
The book begins by explaining how milk is produced - but is not as technical as to put off a non-medical person. It is important to understand what the body does, as it can help you identify the problem (if there is one) and how to approach it. It goes on to examine ways to determine if there actually is a supply problem or if it's something that either you or the baby is doing; what's normal and what's not; and has a comprehensive guide to galactogogues, which I found very useful - you will often hear about fenugreek but there are many others. The book gives help for you going back to work, a section on special circumstances such as preemies, multiples, induced lactation, relactation and much more.
It is a comprehensive guide which I found not only educational, informative and useful but reassuring. Definitely worth buying.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a mine of information for any woman who would like to provide breastmilk for her baby either through increasing breastmilk production when directly breastfeeding or increasing breastmilk production through expression. It is a useful resource for health professionals supporting women with breastfeeding and lactation and has good evidenced based information.
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Excellent resource for mothers and lactation professionals
This should be required reading for all lactation professionals and LLL leaders. Any mother who has struggled with low supply should also have a copy of this on their shelves. Read more
Published 18 days ago by D. Hadley
A great help
I have struggled with breastfeeding both my children. I got this book before my second and it was a tremendous help. Read more
Published 4 months ago by ellee
Excellent book!
This is excellent book for one like me that have low milk supply and trying to increase it.
The book allows you to understand more deeply the root causes of the low milk... Read more
The book allows you to understand more deeply the root causes of the low milk... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Gila Pimenovsky
I wish l'd found this book earlier.
I have bought this book because I had a nightmare feeding my daughter and I want the next time (I am pregnant) to be a better success. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2009 by Elf1181
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