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Suggested Reading List on Breastfeeding
Factsheet 5

 

The books listed below will provide excellent information on getting started in breastfeeding, what you can expect during the time you nurse, and managing a variety of special situations.  Many of these books are available for borrowing through Nursing Mothers group libraries, or through individuals within Nursing Mothers.  Check your local bookstore for these and other texts.

 

Higgins, Kathleen.  The Nursing Mother's Companion.  Harvard Command Press, 1986. 

Up-to-date, rated Best Book of Breastfeeding by the Journal of Human Lactation.                                                      

 

La Leche League International.  The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding.  6th edition.  Plume, 1997. 

An updated manual from the organization known worldwide.

 

Newman, Jack. The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers : The Most Comprehensive Problem-Solution Guide to Breastfeeding from the Foremost Expert in North America.  Prima Publishing, 2000.

The title of this book says it all.

 

Price, Anne and Nancy Dana.  The Working Woman's Guide to Breastfeeding.  Meadowbrook, Simon & Schuster, 1987. 

A practical guide that answers whys and how-to's for working mothers.  Includes basic information and an interesting chapter on legal rights.

 

Pryor, Karen and Gale Pryor.  Nursing Your Baby.  Pocket, 1991. 

Another basic text, completely updated for the 90's.                                                                                 

 

Sears, William and Martha.  The Breastfeeding Book.  Little, Brown and Company, 2000. 

Everything you need to know about nursing your child from birth through weaning.                                             

 

Woessner, Candace, Judith Lauwers, and Barbara Bernard.  Breastfeeding Today, A Mother's CompanionAvery, 1987. 

A basic text containing accurate advice in an encouraging manner.

 

Original: PBN, 3/88
Revised: 1/91, 2/95 TShell; 1/03 Megan Allen
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