Synopsis According to the author, nurse and lactation consultant Kathleen Huggins, breastfeeding takes some time to adapt to, and her classic guide carries nursing mothers through the first year of breastfeeding. Along with an extremely detailed chapter on the first week of breastfeeding a newborn, Huggins discusses such topics as nipple preparation, breast care, breastfeeding adopted babies, premature babies, pumping, choosing not to breastfeed, and much more. Along with advice on what to expect with each stage, meticulous appendices, resources, and illustrations accompany the text.
This book provides mothers-to-be with alternatives to breastfeeding. and also provides preparation techniques for those women who have decided that breastfeeding is their first choice.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2005-02-14 |
| Size | | Length: | 308 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 18.9 oz |
Publisher's Note A breastfeeding mother's guide to nursing celebrates its twentieth anniversary with an updated and expanded version of the original that covers a wide range of subjects, with sections on breast pump models, updated resources for nursing mothers, drugs and their effects on lactation and on breast-fed babies, and more. Original.
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