This indispensible guide provides everything new mothers need to know, from preparing for the first feeding to adjusting to home, family, and work life as a nursing mother.
Topics include
•Preparing for breastfeeding before your baby is born
•Benefits to breastfeeding including the most recent neurological, psychological, and immunological research
•Father's role and creating a postpartum support network
•Establishing a nursing routine and returning to work
•Breastfeeding beyond infancy
•Solutions to common challenges
•Weaning your baby
•Handling special situations, from C-sections to premature births
•And much more
