Breastfeeding Success for Working Mothers

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Summary: very helpful strategies for all breastfeeding mothers
Review: Finally, a book explaining how to go back to work without pumping! Dr. Grams offers two strategies: 1. night feeding 2. hand expression

Night feeding work like this: When babies eat a lot at a certain time of day, they don't need to eat as much at other times. At night, mothers need to keep baby close by or in bed with them so breastfeeding is as easy as rolling over. She offers a brilliant idea: the diaper doesn't need to be changed in the middle of the night. This means NOONE HAS TO GET UP. Thank you Dr. Grams. My baby thanks you too.

She also explains how to express milk manually. This method hasn't worked for me personally but may work for others. I would recommend this book to any breastfeeding mother, not only those planning to return to work. It would make a good gift for an expectant mother, as long as she understands that she needs to read other breastfeeding books as well.

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Summary: Awesome book!
Review: I didn't get this book until my twins were 3 months old. It saved my life! Her practical suggestions worked. I was able to ditch the pump and hand express, and ended up breastfeeding much longer than I thought I could (8 months!). I give this book to all my "new-mom" friends, and they have like-wise benefitted from Dr. Grams advice. There are other books that are more "technical" , but this is the one you will go back to again and again!

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Summary: Breastfeeding Success for Working Mothers
Review: I first read this book in 1987, when I had my son. I am a Social Worker, and since that time, I have given away about 20 copies to both friends and clients.

The book is straightforward, and gives very clear instructions. In particular, I liked the instructions for hand pumping milk. It explains clearly how to manually get the "letdown reflex" to work when and where you want it. This was wonderful for in-office pumping of milk on a schedule. It allowed me to return to work when my son was 3 months old, but to breastfeed for a year.

Great book - a classic.

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Summary: The Best of the Working Mother's Breastfeeding books!
Review: I've read a library full of books about breastfeeding - especially breastfeeding for working mothers. This one was by far the most useful. It was told in a very anecdotal way, and yet managed to convey more useful information than some of the other books I've read.

Hand expression isn't for me, but even so most of her advice was really useful for me. I've been using a lot of her tips to keep the milk flowing freely. It's also a fun read.

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Summary: The Best of the Working Mother's Breastfeeding books!
Review: Reviewed this one by mistake - sorry...

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Summary: The best book for day to day info on BF
Review: The author very clearly enjoyed her babies. She enjoyed nursing and wrote a simple, accessible book for working women. The basics are laid out; some women like more information, but for a lot, this is really all they need. She delineates the differences between breastfeeding as food as breastfeeding as nurturing, and why that can be a necessity for working mothers. Her discussion of reverse cycle nursing and nighttime nursing is essential to success as well.

The chapter on working with your physician is very insightful. The author, a physician herself, clearly states that pediatricians learn medicine, not childrearing, (starting solids, sleeping, even breastfeeding.) She tells of being asked for childrearing advice as an intern and where she got it- nurses, parents, other physicians. They dont' teach that in medical school, yet many Americans assume their doctor knows everything about babies and children.

I would like to have seen less emphasis on discreet nursing and "how to find a private place to nurse while out with the baby." Recent studies (JHL April, 2000) once again demonstrate that the more familiar people are with breastfeeding, the more likely they are to breastfeed their own child. To her credit, she did state that when she nursed in public, most people were involved with their own activities and didn't heed hers. I have found this to be true as well.

A very good, basic book. Even more impressive because the author had to be talked into have children by her husband.

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Summary: Concise and well written but needs some updating
Review: The author very clearly enjoyed her babies. She enjoyed nursing and wrote a simple, accessible book for working women. The basics are laid out; some women like more information, but for a lot, this is really all they need. She delineates the differences between breastfeeding as food as breastfeeding as nurturing, and why that can be a necessity for working mothers. Her discussion of reverse cycle nursing and nighttime nursing is essential to success as well.

The chapter on working with your physician is very insightful. The author, a physician herself, clearly states that pediatricians learn medicine, not childrearing, (starting solids, sleeping, even breastfeeding.) She tells of being asked for childrearing advice as an intern and where she got it- nurses, parents, other physicians. They dont' teach that in medical school, yet many Americans assume their doctor knows everything about babies and children.

I would like to have seen less emphasis on discreet nursing and "how to find a private place to nurse while out with the baby." Recent studies (JHL April, 2000) once again demonstrate that the more familiar people are with breastfeeding, the more likely they are to breastfeed their own child. To her credit, she did state that when she nursed in public, most people were involved with their own activities and didn't heed hers. I have found this to be true as well.

A very good, basic book. Even more impressive because the author had to be talked into have children by her husband.

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Summary: The best book for day to day info on BF
Review: This book is great for day to day information on breastfeeding. (If you are looking for technical information, you may want to look elsewhere). I have used her suggestion about babymoon, nighttime feeding, nipple stimulation for letdown, and manual expression. I use a manual pump (Isis Pump), but I use the manual techniques to make sure I have done let down properly. I think that the Isis Manual Pump uses the same theory as Dr. Grahms uses in her manual expression. So if you like Dr. Grahms manual expression techniques, you may also like the Isis Pump. I also like the way that she talks about her personal expriences, sucesses and failures. Even her little pep talks for woman getting started are good. "Just get a little in the bottle, pat yourself on the back, and stop."

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Summary: Outstanding for 1985, and still very useful today
Review: This book was written in 1985. Good breast pumps were probably nonexistent or very expensive and hard to find back then. So the chapter "Meals In Minutes" in this book concentrates on hand-expressing. Thankfully, it's not necessary to hand-express at work anymore - you can get a great automatic-cycling double-electric pump (Ameda Purely Yours or Medela Pump In Style) for much less than a year of formula would cost you. But even though the information on how to express milk is out of date, this book still provides excellent information on breastfeeding and how it can fit in to the life of a mother who works outside the home. I returned to work full time when our son was 10 weeks old, and the advice in this book was a great help to me.