The Nursing Mother's Companion: Revised Edition | Kathleen Huggins

The Nursing Mother's Companion: Revised Edition | Kathleen Huggins | My Favorite Nursing Book

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	The Nursing Mother's Companion: Revised Edition Kathleen Huggins Harvard Common Press, 2005 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 87 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

More complete than my breastfeeding class

If you have limited funds and need to choose between a book or a class, I would highly recommend this book. The class I took was only 2.5 hours long and so it only had discussion for the most common of experiences... a poor latch. This book seems very complete and focuses on problem-solving. The relative lack of judgmental dialog (a good thing) however means that it is a very boring read. I finally made it through the book though and have gotten a lot of value out of it as evidenced by all the tabbed pages that I will return to as needed. The appendices are also excellent.

The only two minor (but correctable) downsides are:
1. the breastpump discussion just can't keep up with the newly introduced products so check around Amazon for more reviews
2. I found it really helpful to watch the short video (as part of the breastfeeding class) which had a very short animated graphics showing how latch on should occur as viewed as a cross-section of the baby's mouth cavity; maybe something similar can be borrowed/viewed from a library for free?

Good luck ladies! I'll have my trial by fire in a few short months!

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My Favorite Nursing Book

This book is fabulous for moms-to-be and nursing mothers. I nursed my first child for almost 17 months...and just finished nursing my second child. It is a wonderful resourse that I continued to turn to for advice, even with my second child. I highly recommend it! It is the only nursing book you will need!

This book read my mind

I would highly recommend this title to other readers. The information is easy to follow and very useful. Any problems or questions I had were covered in this book and I find myself returning to chapters over and over again. After my daughter's birth, and as I began to experience breastfeeding, all of the information fell into place. It was like the author could read my mind!

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Good book to have in your pregnancy library.

Hi! 8 years ago, my dad surprised me with this book and 3 others for my first pregnancy. I was trying to figure out if it was worth it or not to breastfeed. I was going to college, and my husband travels for a living. Needless to say, I went with breastfeeding. This book has come in handy, as we have run the gamot of problems. Each child had their own problem regarding breastfeeding, and instead of getting easier, each child was more of a challenge. We would look up feeding positions, spit-up, thrush, medications to use, mastitis, buying a breast pump...the whole lot. This has been a great reference book throughout my other 3 pregnancies. I have thrown out all but 4 books, and this is one of the 4. :D Also, I buy this, a pregnancy journal and the first Baby Blues collection for each of my pregnant friends for their first baby. :D Hope this helps a little!

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Only BF book I have...

Based on others reviews read I bought this book.

It covers all necessary questions a newly BFing mother would have without being too preachy.

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