Nursing Mother's Companion 8th Edition

Name: Nursing Mother's Companion 8th Edition
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781558329126
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The Breastfeeding Book Mothers Trust, from Pregnancy Through Weaning

By Kathleen Huggins

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Nursing Mother's Companion 8th Edition by Kathleen Huggins is a trusted and comprehensive guide designed to support new mothers through the challenges of breastfeeding. Celebrated for over 30 years with more than one million copies sold, it offers clear, accurate advice on navigating common obstacles, incorporating nursing into working life, treating postpartum conditions, weaning, and more. The book includes practical features such as quick-reference 'Survival Guides,' detailed information on expressing and storing milk, and guidance on selecting breast pumps. Forewords from leading breastfeeding advocates enhance its authoritative and encouraging tone.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book is ideal for new and expectant mothers seeking reliable, practical support with breastfeeding. It is also invaluable for healthcare professionals and anyone advising breastfeeding families, providing trusted information to help them overcome difficulties and nurture successful nursing relationships.

Nursing Mothers Companion, Kathleen Huggins equips breastfeeding mothers with the tools they need to overcome difficulties and nurse their babies successfully.

Description

Solve breastfeeding challenges quickly and safely with this beloved and reliable guide! Breastfeeding is natural, but it can be challenging for new mums and their babies. Hospitals and doctors' offices often do not have the time to respond to the many questions new mums have about nursing their babies—especially when hurdles arise on nights or weekends, as they inevitably do. This book fills the gaps, with accurate advice and a warm and wise tone.

The Nursing Mother's Companion has been among the top two best-selling books on breastfeeding for more than 30 years, with more than one million copies sold. It is respected and recommended by professionals, including The International Lactation Consultant Association, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, and The American Academy of Pediatrics, and is well-loved by new parents for its encouraging and accessible style. Kathleen Huggins equips breastfeeding mothers with the information they need to overcome potential difficulties and nurse their babies successfully from the first week through whenever they choose to wean.

This fully updated and revised 8th edition provides information on topics such as:

How to cope with breastfeeding obstacles and challenges
Incorporating a nursing routine into a working life
Treating postpartum headaches and nausea
Weaning, and introducing solid foods
Expressing, storing, and feeding breast milk
How to choose and use a breast pump, with details on specific models

The Nursing Mother's Companion comes complete with 'Survival Guides' set off by coloured bands on the pages for quick reference, as well as appendices on determining baby's milk needs in the first six weeks, and the safety of various drugs during breastfeeding. You will also find an insightful foreword by Jessica Martin-Weber, creator of the popular website The Leaky Boob, and a preface by Kelly Bonata, creator of the go-to site KellyMom. These two much-loved authorities speak to the importance of owning an authoritative breastfeeding book that cuts through the jumble of opinions, information, and misinformation on the web.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781558329126

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 June 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard Common Press,U.S.

Edition: Eighth Edition, New Edition

Illustration: 100+ b-w illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 1012g

Pages: 456

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Health & Wellness Kathleen Huggins Non-Fiction Parenting & Family Self-Help & Personal Development Women's Health

About the Author

Kathleen Huggins is a registered nurse and board-certified lactation consultant who is widely recognized as one of the pioneers in establishing the lactation consultant discipline as a core component of maternal-child health care in US hospitals. She established this reputation by creating and running a model breastfeeding clinic at San Luis Obispo General Hospital in California; by lecturing widely to professional peers and hospital administrators; and through her book The Nursing Mothers Companion. She has also co-authored The Nursing Mothers Guide to Weaning and Nursing Mother, Working Mother. She lives in San Luis Obispo, where she currently runs a new mothers store, Simply MaMa. She continues to lecture widely in the health care and lactation-consultant arenas.