The Breastfeeding Sourcebook

This bestselling guide to the wonderful but sometimes overwhelming experience of breastfeeding is back in a revised edition that every new mother or mother-to-be will want to have on hand. Tackling age-old questions as well as current topics like the bottle-feeding debate, The Breastfeeding Sourcebook will be a very welcome gift at baby showers everywhere.

M. Sara Rosenthal is a health writer whose books include The Pregnancy Sourcebook and The Fertility Sourcebook.

foreword

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Gillian Arsenault

introduction I Hope You Haven't Delivered Yet

xvii

Breasts 101

1

(16)

Let's Take It from the Top

1

(10)

The Trouble with Nipples

11

(2)

Things That Go Wrong Inside the Breast

13

(4)

Making the Decision

17

(50)

Breastfeeding Mythology

17

(3)

What's in It for Baby?

20

(4)

What's in It for You?

24

(1)

About Your Food and Drugs

25

(8)

Women in Special Circumstances

33

(11)

Alternatives to Breastfeeding

44

(23)

Preparing for Breastfeeding

67

(20)

Who Is Your Breastfeeding Practitioner?

67

(7)

Is Breastfeeding on Your Birth Plan?

74

(3)

A Consumer's Guide to Breast Pumps

77

(4)

Booby Traps

81

(2)

If You're Anticipating Problems

83

(4)

The First Week of Breastfeeding

87

(42)

The ASAP Rule

88

(10)

All about Letdown

98

(4)

Breastfeeding after a C-Section

102

(3)

Confused about ``Nipple Confusion''?

105

(2)

The Mouths of Babes

107

(5)

More Than a Mouthful

112

(5)

Common Problems

117

(12)

Expressing Yourself

129

(20)

Who, What, When, Where, and Why

130

(4)

How to Milk It for All It's Worth

134

(5)

Storing and Serving Human Milk

139

(3)

Who Is a Stored Milk Customer?

142

(1)

Relactation Techniques

143

(2)

When You Induce Lactation

145

(4)

When to Supplement

149

(26)

Is the Customer Satisfied?

149

(9)

To Supplement or Not to Supplement?

158

(8)

Tools of the Trade

166

(9)

When Nursing Hurts

175

(20)

I'm Stuffed: Engorgement

175

(4)

It's Mastitis until Proven Otherwise

179

(5)

Pulling the Plug: Plugged Ducts

184

(2)

When It's Just Plain Sore Nipples

186

(5)

Other Culprits

191

(2)

Some Painful Consequences

193

(2)

Growing Pains: Common and Not-So-Common Infant Ailments

195

(34)

The Baby-C's

195

(21)

Allergies

216

(6)

Common Infections

222

(3)

Special Babies, Special Needs

225

(1)

When the Baby's Hospitalized

226

(3)

Breastfeeding in the Workplace

229

(26)

The Baby-Friendly Workplace

229

(6)

Behind Closed Doors

235

(1)

Let's Make a Deal

236

(3)

What Do I Tell the Baby-sitter?

239

(2)

Weaning and In-Betweening

241

(2)

Supermom Syndrome

243

(12)

Sex and the Breastfeeding Woman

255

(18)

When You Want to Make Love, Not Milk

255

(3)

Milk and Eggs

258

(4)

Contraception during Breastfeeding

262

(4)

Breastfeeding during Pregnancy

266

(3)

Tandem Nursing

269

(4)

What You Should Know About Baby Milk

273

(12)

How It All Began

274

(5)

Policing Artificial Claims

279

(4)

The Last Word

283

(2)

Appendix Where to Go For More Information

285

(6)

Glossary

291

(8)

Bibliography

299

(6)

Index

305

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The Breastfeeding Sourcebook

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