Review: The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding
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I breastfed like a champ with both of my kids, even nursing my daughter while I was pregnant with my son. It was not seamless, however, because when I initially started breastfeeding my first-born I felt like I had no idea what I was doing and spent a lot of time frantically trying to work through the process. I consulted the library of pregnancy books I had, but none of them were specific to breastfeeding so I don’t think they offered as much information as I actually needed.
This is one of the reasons why I was really impressed by The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding by Marianne Neifert, MD. The main emphasis of the book is the art of breastfeeding, but it also has other topics including dealing with sleep deprivation and eventually starting solid foods. While most baby books are written with the perspective that moms want to learn about caring for a baby and will maybe breastfeed, this book is written with the perspective that a breastfeeding mom also needs to know about dealing with other aspects of raising a baby. I really wish I would have had this book when I was a new mom.
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The book also dedicates a full chapter to how dads can assist mom with breastfeeding. After all, nursing a baby can be really hard, so when a dad isn’t on board it can be downright impossible. The book covers just about every aspect a nursing mom might need to know about, whether it’s pumping, nutrition or postpartum depression. Everything is presented in a very readable way, so even though it’s written by a pediatrician it doesn’t read like a medical manual.
I give this book a huge thumbs up.
This is the type of book that should be given to pregnant moms as they prepare to have their babies and start nursing. It’s a book that will sit at the mom’s bedside and will undoubtedly be thumbed through over and over again for reference.
The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding is appropriate for any nursing mom, whether she will stay home with the baby or return to work as soon as possible. Pick up this book if you are pregnant or new to nursing because it will probably answer all of your questions (and the questions you don’t know you have yet).
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Chris says...
I’m a breastfeeding mom and like you I read everything on breastfeeding even before I gave birth to my daughter. The first few months were awful but in time became a wonderful bonding time with the little one. I’m also happy that my husband is very supportive about it. He made sure I’m comfortable all the time.
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Jennifer Sager says...
This article was very helpful and cleared up a few things that I had been wondering about. I look forward to getting a copy of this book and reading more. This is my first pregnacy and I need all the help I can get.
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Melissa says...
I’m at 27 weeks right now. I definitely plan to breastfeed. There are definitely times now, though, when I feel like I have no clue what I’m going to be getting myself into (this is my first). A book like this would be wonderful! Thanks for sharing the info about it!
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Jessica says...
I am struggling with nursing now with my 2.5 week old. This book would probably be of great help to me!
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Kristi says...
I have also heard this book is great. I am 28 weeks and plan on getting a copy soon!!
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Heather says...
I would love to read this book and have i t to share with other new nursing Moms.
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Jess says...
I need a copy of this book!!!! I’m a new breastfeeding mom & baby is now 9 weeks. I have reached out to the internet to find out what I know so about breastfeeding because I didn’t think I needed a book, but I do!!!
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Rachel says...
I wish I had this book with my first! I’m sure it would have changed our whole breastfeeding experience!
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Emily Rutherford says...
I love BF books! And, I love giving them to friends so that they can see how WONDERFUL it is for their babies!
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Zah says...
I’m 5 months pregnant with our first baby. I’ve heard so many difficulties on mommies who want to exclusively breastfeed their babies.
Most of my pregnancy books gives me options of exclusive breastfeeding or formula feed. I personally would want to exclusively breastfeed my baby. Hopefully, I can achieve my long-term goal of breastfeeding my baby next year. I would love to own this book as my guidance to start my very own journey in breastfeeding my baby.
Please let me know how can I purchase this book.
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Kat says...
I have been looking for a great breastfeeding book that doesn’t push bfing as the only solution but instead gives good advice for being successful at it
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Amanda says...
I too had problems finding a good book on breastfeeding. I struggled with my daughter but was lucky to have an excellent support group. With baby number 2 on the way I would love to have an informative book.
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Melissa H says...
I am currently breastfeeding my second… and I nursed my first until I was 7 months pregnant with this one ( and she was 18 months.) There is no greater gift for a child. That being said it wasn’t easy for the first few months. I was sore and we had latch problems and I made an overabundance of milk that made her choke. I had a supportive family and kept up and then one day it was like magic… it was easy and natural and she was happy and so was I! I wanted to cry! Then I nursed the second and I was SHOCKED that I had some of the same problems. The only thing was that I was better prepared. The baby still had to learn and it still hurt and we still had to correct latch problems. I was so grateful for my prior experience though because it kept me focused on the end game and it kept me confident that we would work it out!
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shahida says...
this is an extra good book
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