The Complete Book of Breastfeeding, 4th edition The Classic Guide

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Pub. Date: 2010-09-02
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Summary

With more than 1.6 million copies in print of all editions, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BREASTFEEDING is a recognized classic in its field. Now it's been completely revised and updated in a new fourth edition--non-doctrinaire, informative, and friendly, it is the most accessible and authoritative book, as much required reading for expecting and new mothers as a pregnancy guide and baby name book. All healthy mothers should consider breastfeeding for the first year of a baby's life, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, and this is the book that will help women give their babies the healthiest start possible. Written by Sally Wendkos Olds and a new co-author, Laura Marks, M.D., THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BREASTFEEDING, FOURTH EDITION offers a comprehensive introduction to breastfeeding--how to get ready before the baby arrives; how to involve fathers and siblings; and the best diet and foods for mom. There are sections on dealing with problems at the hospital; extensive information on exclusive pumping (EPing); the best systems for giving supplementary bottles to a breastfed baby; the safest sleep scenarios for babies; breastfeeding in public, including laws affecting breastfeeding mothers. New data about preterm infants is presented, and special situations--multiples, breast cancer, overweight and large-breasted women, breast surgery, tatoos and piercings--are also discussed in detail. An expanded chapter on weaning features sections on breatfeeding past infancy. Also new is an appendix of online resources.

Author Biography

Laura M. Marks, MD, a pediatrician at Willows Pediatric Group in Westport, Connecticut, breastfed her own three children and is expert at guiding other women through the process.  A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University School of Medicine, she is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.  She interned at Harvard University Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, and completed her residency at Children’s Hospital at Yale New Haven Medical Center.

With her husband, David Marks, MD, Dr. Marks coauthored The Headache Prevention Cookbook: Eating Right to Prevent Migraines and Other Headaches. She is the Medical Advisor to the Weston (Connecticut) School District and is on the Pediatric Executive Committee of Norwalk Hospital. Dr. Marks is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’s Section on Breastfeeding Medicine, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, and La Leche League International.


Sally Wendkos Olds has written extensively about relationships, health, and personal growth. She has won national awards for her writing, including the Career Achievement Award of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, of which she is a member and a past president. Ms. Olds’ college textbooks on child and adult development, co-authored with psychologist Diane E. Papalia, Ph.D., have been read by more than two million students and are the leading texts in their fields. She is also the author of Super Granny: Great Stuff to Do with Your Grandkids, The Working Parents’ Survival Guide, and The Eternal Garden: Seasons of Our Sexuality, and the coauthor of Helping Your Child Find Values to Live By and Raising a Hyperactive Child.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Olds is a member of La Leche League International, International Childbirth Education Association, the Authors Guild, and other professional and civic organizations. She nursed her three daughters and is the proud grandmother of five breastfed children. Visit her at her website: www.SallyWendkosOlds.com.


Table of Contents

Introductionp. xvii
Will You or Won't You?p. 1
30-Day Guaranteep. 2
Why Breastfeed? Why Not?p. 2
Benefits for the Babyp. 3
Disadvantages of Formula-Feedingp. 5
American Academy of Pediatrics Statement on Breastfeedingp. 7
Some of the Ways Breastfed Babies Differ from Formula-Fed Babiesp. 10
From Sally Olds: A Mother's Enjoymentp. 16
Importance of Breastfeeding for the Motherp. 16
The WIC Programp. 19
When Breastfeeding May Not Be an Optionp. 21
Reasons Women Give for Not Wanting to Breastfeedp. 22
A History Lesson: How Our Society Has Influenced Womenp. 24
Today's Society and Breastfeedingp. 25
What Will You Do?p. 28
Questions You May Have About Breastfeedingp. 29
The Miracle of Lactationp. 44
The Development of Your Breastsp. 45
The Anatomy of Your Breastsp. 49
How Your Baby Gets Your Milk: The Let-Down Reflexp. 53
Signs of an Active Let-Down Reflexp. 56
Menstruation, Ovulation, and Pregnancyp. 57
Human Milk: The Ultimate Health Foodp. 58
Before Your Baby Comesp. 63
Choosing Your Health Care Providersp. 64
Types of Health Care Providerp. 64
Questions to Ask Health Practitionersp. 70
Choosing Where You'll Give Birthp. 74
The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding in a Baby-Friendly Hospitalp. 76
Packing Your Bagp. 78
Choosing When You'll Give Birthp. 79
Prenatal Classesp. 79
Preparing Your Breastsp. 80
Who Will Mother You?p. 83
To Grandmas: How Yon Can Helpp. 85
Your Baby Is Herep. 89
The Ideal Beginningp. 90
Recommendations for Successful Breastfeeding from the American Academy of Pediatricsp. 91
Breastfeeding in a Hospital or Birthing Centerp. 92
The First Nursingp. 93
A Gift That You Don't Wantp. 95
Cesarean Birthp. 96
Mother-Baby Contactp. 97
Hospital Helpp. 98
Hospital Hindrancep. 99
Speak Up in the Hospitalp. 100
Newborn Health Measuresp. 101
Breastfeeding Beginsp. 103
Bringing Your Baby to the Breast: Positive Positioningp. 104
What Makes a Good Position for Breastfeeding?p. 107
How Your Baby Gets Your Milkp. 111
How to Tell When a Baby is Actively Sucklingp. 113
Waking a Sleepy Babyp. 116
How Frequently Should You Nurse Your New Baby?p. 117
How Long Should Early Nursing Periods Last?p. 119
Burping Your Babyp. 120
Bowel Movementsp. 122
Your Baby's First Posthospital Doctor's Visitp. 122
Your Baby's Weight After Birthp. 123
Is My Baby Getting Enough Milk?p. 124
Judging Intake by Outputp. 125
Jaundice in Infantsp. 127
When to Seek Immediate Helpp. 130
Exclusive Pumpingp. 133
Bottle-Feeding the Breastfed Babyp. 133
How to Bottle-Feed the Breastfed Babyp. 134
You Are a Nursing Familyp. 138
Breastfeeding at Homep. 140
Tips on Relaxing Before and/or During Feedingsp. 145
The Popular Pacifierp. 147
If You Have "Too Much" Milkp. 148
Breast Milk Bonusp. 148
Babywearingp. 149
When Your Baby Criesp. 150
The Colicky Babyp. 151
Ways to Comfort a Crying Babyp. 152
Sleeping Arrangementsp. 157
Sleep and Lack of It: Night Feedingsp. 161
Encouraging a Baby to Give Up Nighttime Nursingp. 162
Ways to Guard Your Restp. 164
Diapers, Revisitedp. 165
What Is Your Baby Like?p. 166
How to Discourage Bitingp. 168
Cutting Down on Spitting Upp. 170
What Will You Call It?p. 171
Life as Part of a Nursing Familyp. 171
Diet, Exercise, and Your Healthp. 172
Diet: What You Eat, What You Drinkp. 173
Guidelines for Healthy Eatingp. 174
The Healthy Eating Pyramidp. 175
Avoiding Harmful Environmental Substancesp. 182
Losing Weight: How Much, How Soon?p. 186
What the Labels Usually Meanp. 187
Exercise: How Much, How Soon?p. 189
An Exercise Guide for the Nursing Motherp. 192
How Do You Feel-and Why Do You Feel This Way?p. 195
Ways to Boost Your Postpartum Moralep. 198
Differences Between Postpartum Blues and Postpartum Depressionp. 201
Confident, Comfortable Nursing at Home and Awayp. 203
Care of Your Breastsp. 204
Finding the Right Nursing Brap. 206
How You Lookp. 209
Going Out with Your Babyp. 212
Nursing in Publicp. 212
Flying with Your Nursing Babyp. 214
Drugs and the Nursing Motherp. 217
Resources and Information about Drugs and Breastfeedingp. 219
Drugs During Childbirthp. 220
Medicinesp. 221
Medicines That Can Usually Be Taken Safely by Nursing Mothersp. 224
Medicines That Should Not Be Taken by Nursing Mothersp. 225
Medicines That Require a Temporary Cessation of Breastfeedingp. 226
Medicines of Concernp. 226
Birth Controlp. 229
Herbs and Other Natural Remediesp. 229
Recreational and Hard Drugsp. 230
Minimizing the Effect of Nicotine on Your Nursing Babyp. 231
Pumping, Expressing, and Storing Breast Milkp. 235
What Kind of Pump Do You Need?p. 236
Choosing a Pumpp. 237
Principles That Apply to All Methods of Collecting Milkp. 243
A Note of Caution about Bisphenol A (BPA)p. 245
How to Handle Expressed and Pumped Breast Milkp. 247
Storing Collected Breast Milkp. 248
Offering Expressed Milk to Your Babyp. 251
The Working Nursing Motherp. 253
Finding Supportp. 254
Planning Ahead: While You're Pregnant and Still on the Jobp. 255
Employer-Supported Lactation Programsp. 258
Planning Ahead: While You're on Your Maternity Leavep. 260
Tips for Feeding a Baby from a Cupp. 263
Your Baby's Feedings While You're at Workp. 265
Back at Workp. 269
Wardrobe Tips for the Working Breastfeeding Motherp. 272
Breastfeeding: A Sexual Passagep. 275
Sexy? Or Not So Sexy?p. 276
Resuming Sexual Activityp. 277
Pelvic Floor (Kegel) Exercisesp. 279
You and Your Relationshipp. 281
The Five Phases of Female Sexualityp. 282
Female Sexualityp. 282
The Sensuous Nature of Breastfeedingp. 284
Birth Controlp. 286
Contraception for the Nursing Motherp. 288
Your Partner Is Still Your Loverp. 292
Especially for Dad or Partnerp. 297
Breastfeeding's Benefits for You, the Fatherp. 298
Becoming a Fatherp. 299
The Father's Importance in the Familyp. 300
Boot Camp for New Dadsp. 302
Your Baby's Mother Is Still Your Loverp. 304
Rolling Up Your Sleevesp. 305
How a "Breastfeeding" Father Can Nurture a Babyp. 306
You Can Be a Complete Fatherp. 307
Getting Support for Yourselfp. 309
Preventing and Treating Nursing-Related Problemsp. 310
Disagreement with Your Doctorp. 311
Engorgement (Hard, Swollen Breasts)p. 312
Ways to Relieve Engorgementp. 313
Sore Nipplesp. 314
Thrushp. 319
Clogged Duct (Plugged Duct, "Caked" Breasts)p. 321
Breast Infection (Mastitis)p. 322
Galactocele (Milk-Retention Cyst)p. 324
Sudden Increase in Baby's Demandp. 324
The Baby Who Gains Too Slowlyp. 325
Helping the Older Baby Who Isn't Gainingp. 326
Nursing Supplementersp. 328
The Baby Who Gains Too Fastp. 330
Temporary Rejection of the Breast ("Nursing Strike")p. 331
When an Older Baby Refuses the Breastp. 333
Special Situationsp. 335
Breastfeeding Your Preterm (Premature) Infantp. 336
Separation of Mother and Babyp. 346
If Your Baby Gets Sickp. 346
If You Get Sickp. 347
If You Have Had Breast Surgeryp. 351
Piercing and Tattooingp. 353
Twins and Morep. 354
Nursing Through a Pregnancy and Tandem Nursing Afterwardp. 356
Milk Banksp. 357
Breastfeeding Another Woman's Babyp. 358
Relactation and Nursing an Adopted Babyp. 359
Succeeding at Induced Lactation or Relactationp. 360
Babies with Special Needsp. 362
Beyond Breastfeedingp. 365
Vitaminsp. 366
Recommended Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation for Breastfed Babiesp. 367
Weaning Your Childp. 368
Extended Breastfeedingp. 371
"When Are You Going to Stop Nursing?"p. 372
How Should You Wean?p. 373
Suggestions for Weaning the Older Childp. 375
How Weaning Affects Youp. 377
Other Food and Drinkp. 379
Offering Solid Foodsp. 382
Staying Close with Your Childp. 384
Breastfeeding and the Lawp. 385
Resource Appendix: Helpful Organizations and Sources of Informationp. 389
Website Appendixp. 401
A Comparison of Cow's Milk And Human Milkp. 405
Indexp. 408
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