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"I just can't praise her enough" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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--the antidote to existing breastfeeding books that make you feel guilty if you can't --the author has advised and helped thousands of mothers on their breastfeeding problems
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

Informative, incredibly helpful and NON-JUDGEMENTAL!, 2 Oct 2003

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This review is from: What to Expect When You're Breastfeeding and What If You Can't?: How to Feed and Settle Your Baby and Have a Life of Your Own (Paperback)

It is obvious that views on this book are poles apart! If you have breastfed successfully you may not understand the need for this book but if you have never breastfed before or worse, like myself, were unable to establish breastfeeding the first time round and were left feeling an utter failure this book is invaluable. It is informative, full of helpful advice and, best of all, not judgemental should breast feeding fail. Sorry, all those earth mothers and La Leche ladies out there - we all KNOW breastfeeding is best for our babies but it does NOT come naturally or easily to all women (or all babies - as I found out with my first child) - so please don't decry a book which actually acknowledges this! With my second child I was determined to try breastfeeding again and bought this book as part of my "preparation". When I was almost screaming though each feed with the pain of cracked and bleeding nipples it was the information in this book that gave me the confidence to follow my instincts. I expressed milk to bottlefeed, topped up with formula if I could not express enough, and gave one breastfeed a day on the least sore side to keep baby familiar with the breast. After 4 days I returned to breastfeeding with 2 bottles of formula to supplement until my supply returned fully and after a week was just breastfeeding again! Breastfeeding is now an absolute joy but without this book I really do not believe I would have cracked it! I was depressed after my first child (now a happy and healthy 3 year old), partly because I felt a breastfeeding failure - breastfeeding was "expected" of me! This book has finally healed the emotional scars.

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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

Breastfeeding IS difficult for most new mothers!!, 11 Oct 2002

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This review is from: What to Expect When You're Breastfeeding and What If You Can't?: How to Feed and Settle Your Baby and Have a Life of Your Own (Paperback)

... I thought the book was very helpful and balanced.
As a new mother, I had a really tough time establishing breastfeeding and felt like such a failure because most of the literature around and the breastfeeding fanatics all said "it comes so naturally". I think many mothers will agree with me that it does NOT "come naturally" as it tends to hurt horribly to start with and your milk supply takes longer than "a few days" (try a few weeks!) to get sorted (especially if you have had a c section or other complications).
Clare takes a very balanced approach to breastfeeding which is what new mothers need - what is MOST IMPORTANT here is the HEALTH of your new baby (you don't want it to starve) and YOUR OWN SANITY. The last thing your baby needs is a mother suffering from insecurity and depression from not being able to breastfeed successfully.
This book provides advice on how to deal with the likely problems of breastfeeding (and there are MANY of them), and if you don't succeed after trying your very best, it says "it's okay" - which it is - and provides a useful help on bottle feeding (which is not the end of the world!) I would recommend it to all new mothers who encounter problems and want helpful advice with no pressure.(P.S. I am still breastfeeding after 2.5 months despite lots of problems with mastisis, low milk supply, very sleepy baby, etc. which for me is amazing).

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

A must for anyone having problems breastfeeding, 7 Jun 2001

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This review is from: What to Expect When You're Breastfeeding and What If You Can't?: How to Feed and Settle Your Baby and Have a Life of Your Own (Paperback)

Can I give 10 stars for this book? Having already made the decision to breastfeed my baby, I didn't need to hear yet more propaganda about the benefits - we all know it's the best thing for the baby and for us, and yes, it's a great experience - but not when you're hitting the roof every time your baby latches on. All the fluffy stuff about how wonderful breastfeeding is just made me feel even more miserable and inadequate that I couldn't get it right! Breastfeeding needs technique - some people have this naturally, and maybe Anwen is one of those lucky people, but I'm definitely not. After weeks of pain, what I needed was someone to sort me out so I could get past the wall and carry on breastfeeding, NOT give it up - and this is exactly what Clare Byam-Cook's book does. If you are suffering - don't. Buy this book and kiss goodbye to the agony that breastfeeding can be for those of us who don't have a natural knack for it. Clare's no-nonsense approach