Health & Fitness - Breastfeeding

Many women take St.John's wort for post-partum depression, but is it safe for their nursing infants? Whcih herbs can a new mother take to increase or inhibit milk production? Are there natural remedies for mastitis or chronic yeast infections? This integrative guide answers these...

Latch Baby includes over 90 FULL COLOR images PRACTICAL, CONCISE, NON-JUDGMENTAL GUIDANCE PRENATAL BREASTFEEDING CLASS IN A BOOK Breastfeeding is the normal and natural way to feed human babies. New moms who want and plan to breastfeed are often surprised to learn that the...

Tongue-tie has become one of the most controversial topics in lactation. There are loud, noisy arguments on social media. Unfortunately, mothers, babies, and the IBCLCs who want to help are caught in the crossfire. How should tongue-tie be identified and treated? Do posterior ties...

With its evidence-based insights, Working and Breastfeeding Made Simple takes the mystery out of pumping and milk production. Written by an international breastfeeding expert, it puts you in control of your own experience with straightforward explanations of how milk is made and what you...

This evidence-based guide for professionals covers essential information to help support parents breastfeeding past the first six months, including starting solids alongside breastfeeding, nursing manners, and common problems and challenges. The recommendation of breastfeeding beyond six months is well-established, but many birth professionals don't...

Many families find themselves feeding their baby a combination of breastmilk and formula-either by choice or through circumstance. Despite this being a very common way of infant feeding, there is a lack of non-judgemental, empathic, evidence-based information available to support parents. In this book...

Breastfeeding A-Z: Terminology and Telephone Triage, Second Edition provides lactation consultants, nurses, physicians, and nutritionists with evidence-based information on breastfeeding issues that may present as telephone calls. Completely updated and revised with new health policy information, this new edition covers the triage guides for...

Book Description: From successful breastfeeding mother of twins April Rudat comes a practical, fun, and educational guide to breastfeeding and caring for multiples. "Oh Yes You Can Breastfeed Twins " makes breastfeeding and parenting multiples a simpler feat with its up-to-date research and witty...

God has a plan for you and your baby, and it starts with breastfeeding. He wants you to use the gifts He gave you -- physical and spiritual -- to help your baby thrive and mold you into a loving Catholic mother. That's why...

Free to Breastfeed: Voices from Black Mothers outpaces other books on the topic because it gives privilege to actual women. Facts about breastfeeding and statistics can be found in numerous pamphlets and with professional lactation consultants. However, there is no other book on the...

You see the mother and baby in front of you, but can you decode the signs before your eyes? Is this sore nipple the result of a bad latch ... or a contagious virus? Is that baby with birth trauma in need of better...

Struggling to breastfeed? Discover what the real problem is and how to overcome it with these 9 secrets... From the moment you find out that you're going to be a mom, your life changes forever. The rollercoaster ride of pregnancy is only the beginning...

Author Hilary Jacobson was the first to explore so-called "lactogenic" foods and herbs in the late 1980s. In her book, "Mother Food," based on 15 years of research, she shows how these foods can be used to enhance milk production, prevent postpartum depression, increase...

A practical and hugely inspiring book on applying esoteric knowledge to the whole process of having a baby. In our society childbirth is often viewed as something to be feared and even to be avoided, through elective caesarian or extreme pain suppression. In this...

Sometimes breastfeeding doesn't work for various reasons. Our technological society has come up with a variety of tools for these situations. In Selecting and Using Breastfeeding Tools, lactation consultant Catherine Watson Genna shares her knowledge on which tools to use in various situations, critically...

Are you looking for a way to overcome medical problems without using modern medicine full of harmful effects?Are you looking for a new way to keep yourself healthy?With simple directions for making herbal mixtures that can be used in delicious teas, tinctures, and capsules,...

Mothers need to know that all breastfeeding and bottle-feeding babies provide feeding or hunger cues, such as fussiness, opening their eyes, hand-mouth activity, or playing with their tongue when they are hungry. This book examines the use of your senses to evaluate if your...

Under One Sky recounts poignant encounters surrounding birth, breastfeeding, and the life circumstances of families from over 77 countries. As a lactation consultant, Chris Auer met with thousands of women as they began their mothering and breastfeeding journey, women from places as diverse as...

Written from a teaching perspective, Counseling the Nursing Mother: A Lactation Consultant's Guide, Seventh Edition presents practical suggestions and evidence-based information for the lactation consultant to provide the nursing mother. Thoughtfully updated, it includes new information on social media trends, blood sugar protocols, changes...

For all the women out there who aren't interested in boring run of the mill pregnancy advice, a book that tells the real-and hilarious-truth about the good, bad, and sometimes ugly stuff that comes before, during, and after pregnancy.Author: Emily DohertyISBN-10: 1940716586ISBN-13: 9781940716589Publisher: SparkpressLanguage:...

Marking the 10th anniversary of the Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference, Breastfeeding, Social Justice, and Equity is the third and final volume in this series. The opening two chapters address changes over the past decade in U.S. and global policy. Part 2 focuses on...

Part memoir, part sharing of women's stories, part research, part boobin'... "It feels so right to breastfeed my baby to sleep but everyone tells me not to." "My baby will not stay asleep when I put her down. What can I do?" "My breastfed...

Being a parent is like being on a roller coaster ride. There are plenty of ups and downs, enjoyment and frustrations. As a parent I have experienced my share of testing times along with the many joys of parenting. The most challenging times were...

This is a children's picture book. It focuses attention on our kinship with all mammals, using simple text and delightful full-color illustrations of animal mothers naturally feeding their babies. The illustrations and text highlight sea mammals living in the oceans of our shared planet...

30 Days of Inducing, first presented by the Loving Milk Maid for Bountiful Fruits as an exclusive post series, now includes 25 pages of bonus content. In this comprehensive step-by-step guide, designed, created, and written by Jennifer Elisabeth Maiden, you will learn how to...

"Every once in a while, a book comes along that can fill a void. This book, Suckle, Sleep, Thrive, based on over 40 years of experience, addresses almost every concern that a mother may have as she takes on the role of nourishing and...

Feeling overwhelmed with the idea of breastfeeding? Curious about breast pumping? The Breast Pumping Whisperer is your comprehensive and easy to use guide on how to successfully start and continue your breastfeeding journey. In this book, you will find solutions to common dilemmas, answers...

If you're reading this, chances are you are planning (or have already begun) to breastfeed. Why do you need this book? First, you'll find tips and insights that can simplify your life and make the process less confusing. Second, despite the glut of information...

Part memoir, part sharing of women's stories, part research, part boobin'... "It feels so right to breastfeed my baby to sleep but everyone tells me not to." "My baby will not stay asleep when I put her down. What can I do?" "My breastfed...

A definitive guidebook to natural health wellness for the maternity journeyOh Mama is the ground-breaking handbook for Birth Practitioners overviewing perinatal integrative medicine (holistic maternal/fetal/neonatal wellness). It outlines all the major naturopathic maternity health therapies covering: pre-conception, antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and the neonate.While written...

Baby-Led Weaning Recipes Book: Best Nourishing Recipes for Every Stage of Starting Solids for your Baby while Catering for the Whole Family too.These Baby-led weaning recipes are nutritious first finger foods for Babies from 6 months of age.Low in Salt and Soft in texture...

Breastfeeding is a great choice for you and your baby. Learn effective and reliable ways to latch and feed well. Integrated techniques come from select areas within lactation, nutrition, and advanced practice nursing. Each chapter reveals key skills that work for both mom and...

2023 Prose Award Finalist Breastfeeding Doesn't Need to Suck shows mothers how to navigate their breastfeeding journey while also caring for their mental health. Breastfeeding Doesn't Need to Suck contains information that you will not find in other breastfeeding books, such as a thorough...

The aim of this book is to cover everything you need to know about exclusively pumping breast milk for your baby, from making the first decision to pump, to choosing a breast pump, expressing milk, to troubleshooting and weaning. Women may choose to pump...

This text examines the research and evidence connecting birth practices to breastfeeding outcomes. It takes an in-depth look at the post-birth experiences of the mother and baby, using the baby's health as the vehicle and the intact mother-baby dyad as the model to address...

This unique text covers the use of banked, or stored, human milk in the hospital for premature and sick infants, and discusses the advantages of human milk feedings and the elements of hazard or risk introduced by the use of formulas, including rationales for...

La Leche League approves ABCs of Breastfeeing for their store! For the new mom and her baby, breastfeeding provides countless physical and emotional benefits. Breast milk provides proper nourishment, helps strengthen a baby's immune system, and deepens the mother-child bond. However, breastfeeding doesn't always...

A complete guide to natural breastfeeding, including such integrative natural techniques as visualization, aromatherapy, homeopathy, Bach Flower Remedies, and Middendorf Breathwork.Author: Hannah LothropISBN-10: 1555611311ISBN-13: 9781555611316Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/1998Pages: 296Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90d

"For the breastfeeding mother, deciding when or how to stop nursing can be as challenging as the first few days home with her newborn. This power-packed book is 150 pages of sage advice, useful evidence-based information, and timely tips mothers will appreciate." -Leslie Cree...

In The Nipple and Areola in Breastfeeding and Lactation: Anatomy, Physiology, Problems, and Solutions, Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC, provides an in-depth resource for clinicians on the structure, function, problems, and solutions of the nipple and areola in lactation. The nipple and areola are the...

Healthcare professionals, including lactation consultants and nurses, have the unique challenge of educating the community and their patients on healthy breastfeeding and the benefits of lactation. However, breastfeeding is not efficiently represented in texts specific to health promotion. With her 30 years' experience educating...

Many mothers stop breastfeeding within the first 6 weeks, and many among them say that they wanted to breastfeed longer. This book is a guide to rebuilding your milk supply after a gap in breastfeeding. It doesn't matter whether you stopped breastfeeding a week...

When breastfeeding does not go as hoped, mothers often have feelings of loss, sadness, anger, fear, failure, guilt and self-blame. Mothers then say they are heart-broken, crushed, and even devastated. These painful emotions double a mother's risk for postpartum depression. Yet, our healthcare system...

Gain confidence and enjoy breastfeeding Get physically and mentally ready to breastfeed your baby This easy-to-follow guide, written by two maternal/ child health experts, provides practical, reassuring advice on everything from making preparations at home and starting to breastfeed at the hospital to breastfeeding...

This text is an evidence-based, comprehensive approach to the many questions women have when they are thinking about breastfeeding and during the time they are breastfeeding their baby. The only text available to provide both the nurse's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers...

A fully revised edition of the Dr. Sears guide to breastfeeding, a perennial favorite of parents for nearly two decades From pediatric experts Martha Sears, R.N., and William Sears, M.D., a comprehensive, reassuring, authoritative information on: How to get started breastfeeding, with illustrated tips...

Unashamedly oversharing the truth about the first yearConfessions of a Crummy Mummy - The Baby Years by parenting blogger and accidental mum of four Natalie Brown (@confessionsofacrummymummy) is the literary equivalent of the tea and toast you're handed after giving birth: warm, reassuring and...

All who assist breastfeeding families will find A Lullaby a welcome invitation to reflect on their personal experiences with moms and babies. Its treasure trove of thought-provoking (and sometimes playful) ideas will help caregivers appreciate the meaning undergirding their daily encounters with these families....

Are you a first-time mom looking to learn more about infant feeding, diapering, and circumcision? Do you want to make the right decisions that'll aid your baby's development? Do you want your baby to grow up strong and healthy? ...if you answered yes to...

In recent decades, as women entered the US workforce in increasing numbers, they faced the conundrum of how to maintain breastfeeding and hold down full-time jobs. In 2010, the Lactation at Work Law (an amendment to the US Fair Labor Standards Act) mandated accommodations...