Description
Book SynopsisOffers practical advice on various things from making preparations at home and starting to breastfeed at the hospital to breastfeeding while working and weaning. This title helps to discover how to: tell if your baby is getting enough milk; solve breastfeeding problems; nurse two children at a time; and, breastfeed outside the home.
Trade Review“…will guide you from first latch-on through weaning…” (
Shape Fit Pregnancy, October 2004)
Table of ContentsIntroduction.
Part I: Getting Ready to Breastfeed.
Chapter 1: Deciding to Breastfeed.
Chapter 2: The Advantages of Breastfeeding.
Chapter 3: Is Breastfeeding Always Best?
Chapter 4: Preparing Physically and Mentally for Breastfeeding.
Chapter 5: Setting Up and Stocking Your Breastfeeding Space.
Part II: Putting Breastfeeding into Action.
Chapter 6: At the Hospital: Beginning to Breastfeed.
Chapter 7: At Home: Establishing the Breastfeeding Habit.
Chapter 8: Coping with Early Breastfeeding Problems.
Chapter 9: Breastfeeding in Special Circumstances.
Part III: Growing with Your Baby.
Chapter 10: Breastfeeding Through Different Ages and Stages.
Chapter 11: You and Your Spouse: Being a Breastfeeding Couple.
Chapter 12: Weaning the Baby.
Part IV: Breastfeeding in the Real World.
Chapter 13: Breastfeeding and the Working Mom.
Chapter 14: Balancing Breastfeeding and the Rest of Your Life.
Chapter 15: Upholding Your Legal Right to Breastfeed.
Chapter 16: Breastfeeding and Your Next Pregnancy.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 17: (Almost) Ten Little Things That Make Breastfeeding More Fun.
Chapter 18: Ten Resources for Breastfeeding.
Chapter 19: Ten Breastfeeding Wives’ Tales.
Index.
