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9781615190669

Baby-Led Breastfeeding Follow Your Baby’s Instincts for Relaxed and Easy Nursing

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    9781615190669

  • ISBN10:

    161519066X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-09-25
  • Publisher: The Experiment
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Summary

The authors of Baby-Led Weaning are back to help parents discover how easy breastfeeding can be when you follow your baby's natural instincts. Forget stressful schedules, painful latching, and worries over milk supply. In the same sensible and sensitive voice that has made baby-led weaning a growing sensation, authors Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett explain how to: - get breastfeeding up and running in the first few weeks - hold your baby so that he can feed effectively - express and store milk efficiently - avoid or remedy sore nipples, mastitis, and other problems - wean at a natural pace. Staying in tune with your baby is the key to effortless feeding. Baby-Led Breastfeeding gives you the tools to create a happy and fulfilling breastfeeding experience for mother and baby.

Author Biography

Gill Rapley, the pioneering champion of baby-led weaning, worked as a public health nurse for over twenty years and has also been a midwife, lactation consultant, and voluntary breastfeeding counselor. She is currently pursuing a PhD in infant feeding. Tracey Murkett is a voluntary mother-to-mother breastfeeding helper and coauthor with Gill Rapley of Baby-Led Weaning and the Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. xiii
The Basics of Baby-Led Breastfeeding
Thinking about Breastfeedingp. 3
Is Breast Really Best?p. 3
Why Doesn't Everyone Breastfeed?p. 8
Will I be Able to Breastfeed?p. 9
How do I Prepare?p. 11
What to Buy-Or notp. 14
How Milk Production Worksp. 19
What your Breasts Look Like Insidep. 19
Getting your Breasts to Make Milkp. 20
Production on Demand-How it Worksp. 23
How Breast Milk Changes to Meet your Baby's Needsp. 25
Your Baby Knows What She Needsp. 28
How to Breastfeedp. 30
The Secret of Pain-Free Feeding-Attachmentp. 30
Working with your Baby-"Latching on"p. 34
How Should I Hold my Baby for Feeding?p. 39
Is my Baby Feeding Effectively?p. 48
Take your Time-and Trust your Babyp. 50
What Happens with Baby-Led Breastfeeding
When your Baby Is Bornp. 53
Why Skin-To-Skin Contact is so Importantp. 53
Your Baby's First Breastfeedingp. 55
Giving your Baby's Instincts a Chancep. 56
What If Things Are Complicated?p. 59
The First Forty-Eight Hoursp. 64
The First Two Weeksp. 68
Having a Babymoonp. 68
Putting In the Order for Milkp. 70
Understanding Your Babyp. 74
Your Breasts in the First Two Weeksp. 78
Gas and Bringing Up Milkp. 81
Newborn Jaundice-What's Normal and What Isn'tp. 84
Learning to Hand Express your Breast Milkp. 86
From now on It Gets Easierp. 89
Knowing It's Workingp. 91
Knowing What to Look forp. 91
Watching and Listening to your Baby Feedp. 93
If It Hurts, It's Not Rightp. 97
What you can see by your Baby's Pee (and Why her Poop is Worth a Snoop)p. 99
Your Baby's Behavior Can Tell You a Lotp. 102
What to Expect with Your Baby's Weightp. 107
What If It's Not Working?p. 108
Settling in to Breastfeedingp. 111
Getting Breastfeeding "Established"p. 111
Why Routines Don't Workp. 112
Your Baby's Changing Patternsp. 113
Feeding at Nightp. 116
Breastfeeding When You're Out and Aboutp. 121
Getting Support from othersp. 124
What to Expect as Your Baby Gets Olderp. 126
If your Baby Goes on Strikep. 129
Lifestyle and Breastfeedingp. 133
What to Eat When you're Breastfeedingp. 133
Can I Go On a Diet?p. 139
Is It Okay to Exercise?p. 140
What If I Smoke?p. 140
Your Sex Lifep. 141
When Your Can't Be with Your Babyp. 145
How can I Provide Milk for My Baby While We Are Apart?p. 145
Putting In an Advance Order for Expressed Milkp. 147
How to Express Your Milkp. 151
How to Store Breast Milkp. 154
Should I Introduce a Bottle?p. 156
What If I Decide to Use Formula?p. 158
What If My Baby Refuses to Be Fed?p. 160
How Do I Manage Going Back to Work?p. 161
Six Months and Beyondp. 165
Starting Solid Foods the Baby-Led Wayp. 166
Breastfeeding as your Child Grows Olderp. 174
Breastfeeding During Pregnancy and Beyondp. 178
Ending Breastfeeding-Who Decides?p. 182
Less Common Situations
Premature Babies and Multiplesp. 191
Breastfeeding When your Baby is Born Earlyp. 191
Breastfeeding Twins (or More)p. 204
Your Milk Supplyp. 209
How Milk-Production is Determinedp. 209
Most Mothers Can Make Plenty of Milkp. 210
Could I be Making Too Much Milk?p. 219
Starting Breastfeeding When you Haven't Just Given Birthp. 223
If you Need (or Want) to Stop Breastfeeding Earlyp. 230
When Breastfeeding Hurtsp. 234
Is It the Milk Let-Down?p. 234
Sore Nipples-Why They Happen and What to Dop. 235
Engorgement-Why It Happens and What to Dop. 243
Blocked Ducts-Why they Happen and What to Dop. 245
Mastitis-Why It Happens and What to Dop. 247
Breast Abscess-A Rare Complicationp. 251
Stopping Feeding from One Breast, If You Need Top. 252
Breastfeeding and Illnessp. 255
Breast Milk is the Best Food if your Baby is Illp. 255
Can I Keep Breastfeeding If I'm Ill?p. 261
Conditions That Make Breastfeeding Difficultp. 267
Helping Your Baby Get Milk Easilyp. 267
Breastfeeding If Your Baby Has a Cleft Lip/Palatep. 268
Breastfeeding If Your Baby Has Low Muscle Tone or Heart or Breathing Problemsp. 271
Conclusionp. 273
Quick Reference
Baby-Led Breastfeeding-In a Nutshellp. 276
Baby-Led Breastfeeding: What to Expect Whenp. 279
Painful Breastfeeding: Quick Symptom Checkerp. 284
Sources of Information and Supportp. 288
Acknowledgmentsp. 294
Photo Creditsp. 295
Indexp. 296
About the Authorsp. 305
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