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Breastfeeding Made Simple is exactly what the nursing mother needs these days. The natural laws of breastfeeding will help mothers cut through so much of the nonsense that they may hear about breastfeeding, from friends and relatives, from the media, and unfortunately, also from their health providers. By simplifying breastfeeding, it will work better. By simplifying breastfeeding, mothers and babies will be happier. By simplifying breastfeeding more mothers will breastfeed more exclusively and longer. This is a book that has long been needed.
—Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC, pediatrician, internationally known breastfeeding advocate, and coauthor of The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers and The Latch
Breastfeeding Made Simple gives mothers the research-based “why” behind every “how.” Head reasons for heart feelings! I recommend this groundbreaking book to all my clients and to the people who care about them.
—Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, Ithaca, New York
This book is the most straightforward an informative book about breastfeeding that I’ve read. I would like to hand out copies to every pregnant woman I see.
—Kerrie, first-time mother of five-month-old
Breastfeeding Made Simple is fabulous! The research you cite and the ideas you present are so meaningful, yet the whole thing seems very accessible for new moms. I wish I had read this book before I had a baby, and even before I started working with children as a therapist. This book should be a prerequisite for parenting!
—Loren, mother of two-year-old Claire, now expecting her second child Andrew
Hi Nancy and Kathy,
First of all I'd like to congratulate you on your excellent book. I love it! A lot of people have told me how useful they found it. Many were women who had trouble breastfeeding their first child.
I am a pediatrician in Atlanta GA. I'm starting a free to the public, weekly breastfeeding class that I'd like to name after your book. My goal behind doing this class is to demystify breastfeeding and to help moms breastfeed .
Vaishali B. Kute, MD FAAP IBCLC, Alpharetta GA, www.drkute.com
I wanted to thank you SO much for this book. I have five books on breastfeeding and it's the ONLY one that's helpful. I'm so glad my
mom found it and bought it for me. I'm going to get it for any expectant mom I know. If I had this three weeks ago, I'd have avoided rehospitalization for jaundice, etc etc, and a chain of events that had me ready to give up breastfeeding altogether on Monday.Now I've focused on skin-to-skin contact and frequent feedings and I'm grateful to say I think we're doing
well. Our baby--our first--is three weeks old today.
I'm so grateful to you and your co-author for writing this book. You've truly helped me!
Nancy (and little baby Doyle), Minneapolis, MN
We love it!!!!! Breastfeeding Made Simple is everything that we need it to be for our doulas and our new Mothers and families. DONA International will be adding this book to the Required Reading list for our Postpartum doula certification program. Furthermore, we will start to carry it for sale in our DONA boutique.
It is, indeed, groundbreaking for breastfeeding mothers. It is simple, practical, conceptual, and pulls together the best from the best in a way that mothers will understand and welcome in a positive mindframe..
Thank you so much for sending this book.
Susan Martensen, President, DONA International, www.DONA.org
From Journal of Human Lactation, August 2006
The novel yet commonsense approach of this book simplifies breastfeeding with 7 cleverly formulated "natural laws." The first law, "Babies Are Hardwired to Breastfeed," demonstrates
the human baby's innate ability to self-attach and makes clear how easily the mother's biological triggers can be overpowered.
Law number 2, "Mother's Body Is Baby's Natural Habitat," emphasizes the importance of skin-to-skin contact and reassures the reader in attachment parenting--the biological norm. "Better Feel and Flow Happen in the Comfort Zone" details the dance of breastfeeding. Techniques such as positioning and latch are made vividly clear in a conversational tone.
Law 4, "More Breastfeeding at First Means More Milk Later," thoroughly discusses newborn stomach size, hydration needs, breast storage capacity, and putting baby in control. Scheduled feedings, controversies, and myths provided by uninformed medical professionals
and well-meaning family members are tactfully addressed.
"Every Breastfeeding Couple Has Its Own Rhythm" illustrates the wide array of normal for human feeding through the first 40 days--the period of adjustment. An anthropological perspective of mammals feeding wittily challenges Western parenting traditions. Law 6, "More Milk Out Equals More Milk Made," provides the necessary basics for meeting
long-term breastfeeding goals, and law 7, "Children Wean Naturally,"
shares techniques for comfortable and happy weaning.
The focus then turns from how simple breastfeeding can be to what interferes with these laws. The role of history, culture, scientific mothering, and medical propaganda are further explored. Strategies for public breastfeeding, employment outside the home, expression, storing milk, and the need for medications while breastfeeding, among many additional topics, are provided to help "apply the laws."
The final 2 chapters, "Common Breastfeeding Challenges" and "Special Situation," stress the benefits of a home visit with an international board-certified lactation consultant in situations beyond the scope of the book.
Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers/ offers a risk-based approach to artificial feedings, presents landmark research in layman's terms, and most importantly, reminds us of the wisdom forgotten by previous generations, a perfect gift fo any mother planning to breastfeed.
—Penny Lane, RN, BA, IBCLC, Lafayette, Indiana USA for Journal of Human Lactation
