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Summary: Excellent resource - good compliment to nursing class!
Review: I am a first time mother, and took nursing classes while in the hospital after giving birth. They were a big help, but it was easy to forget specifics after going home. This book was a life saver! Especially when I had to face the questioning/criticism of my mother in law and other well meaning friends who told me not to nurse my baby every two hours, to let her sleep, etc. After 11 weeks of exclusively and very successfully nursing my daughter, I am happy to have had this book to refer to!! Because I followed the advice in this book, my milk came in right away, and has been plentiful since! The book also helped me deduce that my newborn's "colic" was possibly a reaction to cow's milk protein (which my pediatrician said was unlikely), as well as her awful facial rash (which my pediatrician labled excema). This book suggested eliminating dairy from my diet for 2 weeks, and then reintroducing it; sure enough the symtoms went away and then reappeared briefly until I eliminated dairy again. My baby has clear skin and does not cry for hours, and hasn't for weeks! I'm buying 2 copies of this book for pregnant friends!
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Summary: The most helpful breastfeeding book out there.
Review: I received an excerpt out of the book at the hospital and later ordered the book. It covers every situation you may encounter while breastfeeding. I have shared my copy with all my nursing friends and they have found it to be a priceless reference.
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Summary: Best book I ever read on the subject!
Review: I nursed 5 babies before I received a short condensed version of this book as a gift from my doctor. I thought I new all there was to know about the subject. This book helped me to nurse my last two babies with ease. It is a WEALTH of valuable information for the nursing mother, with practical advice that solves problems specifically. I loved it and bought the full book. If you want to breastfeed, you must have it! Laurel
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Summary: GREAT REFERENCE BOOK! GLAD I HAD IT!
Review: I had a pediatrician that wasn't much help on the breastfeeding issue. I didn't know many people who had breastfed and I picked up this book at the store. It was absolutely invaluable to me and I referenced it many times. I now have a healthy 1 year old daughter and I attribute that robust health to giving her the right start in life. I was able to continue nursing her right up to her 1st birthday and I don't think I could have done it without this book.
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Summary: no-nonsense, unbiased approach to breastfeeding
Review: When I first considered breastfeeding, I didn't know where to turn until a dear friend of mine recommended this book. I read it before my daughter was born, and I referred to it constantly in the first few weeks of her life. I used it periodically through the first year, and found it to be an unbiased, no-nonsense approach to breastfeeding. I am grateful that this book existed, especially since EVERYONE has an opinion on breastfeeding! When I didn't know who to believe, I opened this book. It's a must-have for first-time breastfeeding moms.
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Summary: A Wonderful Reference Guide
Review: As a first time mother, I must say that breastfeeding didn't come "naturally." I met with a lactation consultant 3 times, and after that I referred to this book over and over again. The back of the book has an extensive index of drugs and their effects on a breastfed baby. Now that I've got the breastfeeding gig down, I know that I'll still turn to the index to make sure that I am doing everything I can to keep my daughter from the harmful effects of medications that I may be inclined to take!
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Summary: Ultimate resource for new and nursing moms!
Review: Informative, insightful, well organized, with a great index. This book was a lifesaver to me when I needed it, and now I give copies to all my pregnant friends. Well thought out design and an extensive index make problem solving a snap when those difficulties crop up at 2am! Plenty of alternatives to a variety of nursing difficulties, and month-by-month descriptions of the breastfeeding experience are presented.
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Summary: Read Dr. Mom's Guide to Breastfeeding, instead
Review: The Nursing Mother's Companion is an easy-to-use manual on breastfeeding. It has good chapters on positioning and solving some common breastfeeding problems. HOWEVER, the author seems to hold the commonly held belief that because breastfeeding is "natural" it will work for everybody. She does not provide information on how to diagnose and treat the problem if breastfeeding isn't going well. I have a low milk supply, a somewhat common problem which this author doesn't seem to recognize the existence of. Furthermore, my low milk supply probably could have been avoided if I had had Dr. Mom's Guide to Breastfeeding in my first few weeks, instead of this book.
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Summary: Comprehensive and Informative, but...
Review: Over all a good reference book for the basics of breastfeeding. I would have liked to see more information on common feeding problems such as Reflux in infants. If just a little information would have been provided on this issue, I think I could have recognized this problem, my daughter would have gotten diagnosed sooner and not suffered so. (No information on this common feeding problem was addressed).
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Summary: A good practical reference
Review: This book is very good with detailed lists of suggestions to try for various problems - blocked duct, underfeeding etc. It is a good reference, but for a more all around comprehensive book I prefer Nursing Your Baby by Karen and Gale Pryor.
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