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All parents want the best for their babies, and there’s no doubt about the fact that human milk is the ideal food for human babies. What’s the secret of successful breastfeeding? For almost fifty years mothers who have been in touch with La Leche League have found the kind of information and support they needed to breastfeed their babies.
In this newly revised edition of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, you will learn:
• How human milk offers lifetime benefits for your baby
• How to prepare for breastfeeding during pregnancy
• How to exercise and lose weight safely while nursing
• How to find time for yourself while meeting baby’s needs
• How to increase your milk supply by using herbs and medications
• How to be sure your baby is getting enough to eat
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding was the first book of its kind, written for mothers by mothers. Over the years, more than two million mothers have turned to it for information and inspiration.
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Since 1955 when La LEche League started with seven women in the Chicago suburbs, it has grown into the leading breastfeeding advocacy organization in the world, with more than three thousand groups in fifty countries. La Leche League International regularly holds seminars and workshops for health care professionals and parents, and publishes more than twenty books on child care.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I love this book. It gives both the basics on how to breastfeed and also lots of more general parenting information. It also looks at the comman and not so comman problems and gives helpful and reassuring advice. Although quite American sometimes the basic mother baby relationship is the same the world over! I have referred to my copy at least once a week over the past 20 months of breastfeeding.
I would recommend it to everyone wanting to breastfeed or wanting to know more about breastfeeding
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I bought this book even though I am on my 3rd child!! Have breast fed both times before, but had to go back to work early both times, so didn't feed much beyond this and wanted to get some perspective on feeding beyond the first few months.
I would recommend this book whether you are on your first or subsequent child, as it really does have something for everyone. Would be a really nice present for a mum to be to help prepare for breast feeding too.
I found the bits on how breastfeeding works and how amazing breast milk is really fascinating and also very supportive, as I have had a few ambivalent comments and was able to say - "aha, but..."
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I like this book but if you read it in one go it will make you sick! It's too saccharin American and a bit too earth mother for me. That said, the questions I had on breastfeeding were answered in this book. Use it as a reference textbook and it's fantastic. Oh and bear in mind that whilst breastfeeding can be absolutely awful to begin with... those sickly sweet comments I was moaning about become true about 3 months down the line when you and your baby have got the hang of it. It really is worth perserving with. Buy this book, but more importantly find out where your local LLL group is and make contact with them when you are pregnant. Happy Breastfeeding!!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
excellent
fantastic book for any breastfeeding parent, or supportive partner. practical and informative if a bit preachy :-) Good to dip into and out of throughout your breastfeeding... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lhynnan
Breastfeeding
I purchased a copy of this book 35 years ago when I needed information on the best way to feed my new born child. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mrs. A. A. Walsby
Covers everything
I found this book extremely helpful and informative. I have read it once so far in its entirety(I'm currently 33 weeks pregnant) and plan on reading some of the sections again... Read more
Published on 21 May 2010 by A. Fleming
The best book on breastfeeding I have read
I used to read this by torch light during night feeds. It is quite simply the most comprehensive book on breastfeeding I have read, covering everything from early days, through... Read more
Published on 17 May 2010 by bookoholic
Too much general information
A good read but much of the book covers parenting rather than breastfeeding. The information is not easily accessible, a pertinent piece of information is buried in a paragraph of... Read more
Published on 18 July 2009 by N. McGuinness
Inspirational
I bought an earlier edition of this book in 1993 when nursing my first child. It is informative, interesting and supportive, the next best thing to having a La Leche League leader... Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2008 by Jane Brown
Very American, but lots of good information.
Excellent for a reference guide, but as another reviewer says, don't try and read it all at once! It is a bit American in its style and you may find parts of it a little... Read more
Published on 4 July 2007 by UpstairsBathroom
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