Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina May Gaskin

Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina May Gaskin

Everything you need to know to make breastfeeding a joyful, natural, and richly fulfilling experience for both you and your baby

Drawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women, mothers, and babies, Ina May Gaskin explores the health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding and gives you invaluable practical advice that will help you nurse your baby in the most fulfilling way possible. Inside you'll find answers to virtually every question you have on breastfeeding, including topics such as
*the benefits of breastfeeding
*nursing challenges
*pumps and other nursing products
*sleeping arrangements
*nursing and work
*medications
*nursing multiples
*weaning
*sick babies
*nipplephobia, and much more

Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding is filled with helpful advice, medical facts, and real-life stories that will help you understand how and why breastfeeding works and how you can use it to more deeply connect with your baby and your own body. Whether you're planning to nurse for the first time or are looking for the latest, most up-to-date expert advice available, you couldn't hope to find a better guide than Ina May.

DR. TADASHI YOSHIMURA is a Japanese obstetrician and natural birth advocate. His maternity clinic in Okazaki, Japan, is known internationally for its incredibly positive birth outcomes including a 3.4% Cesarean rate, despite the clinic accepting many high-risk patients.

Called the mother of authentic midwifery, INA MAY GASKIN has practiced for nearly forty years at The Farm Midwifery Center, which is noted for its low rates of intervention, morbidity and mortality. She is the only midwife for whom an obstetric maneuver has been named (the Gaskin maneuver). Gaskin lives in Tennessee.

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ISBN 13	9780553384291
ISBN 10	0553384295
Title	Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
Author	Ina May Gaskin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2009-09-29
Number of pages	352
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