Breastfeeding For Dummies

Sharon Perkins, RN, coauthor of Fertility For Dummies, has more than two decades of experience in maternal/child health. Carol Vannais, RN, educates parents-to-be in the benefits of breastfeeding.

• Introduction. Part I: Getting Ready to Breastfeed.Chapter 1: Deciding to Breastfeed.Chapter 2: The Advantages of Breastfeeding.Chapter 3: Is Breastfeeding Always Best?Chapter 4: Preparing Physically and Mentally for Breastfeeding.Chapter 5: Setting Up and Stocking Your Breastfeeding Space.Part II: Putting Breastfeeding into Action.Chapter 6: At the Hospital: Beginning to Breastfeed.Chapter 7: At Home: Establishing the Breastfeeding Habit.Chapter 8: Coping with Early Breastfeeding Problems.Chapter 9: Breastfeeding in Special Circumstances.Part III: Growing with Your Baby.Chapter 10: Breastfeeding Through Different Ages and Stages.Chapter 11: You and Your Spouse: Being a Breastfeeding Couple.Chapter 12: Weaning the Baby.Part IV: Breastfeeding in the Real World.Chapter 13: Breastfeeding and the Working Mom.Chapter 14: Balancing Breastfeeding and the Rest of Your Life.Chapter 15: Upholding Your Legal Right to Breastfeed.Chapter 16: Breastfeeding and Your Next Pregnancy.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 17: (Almost) Ten Little Things That Make Breastfeeding More Fun.Chapter 18: Ten Resources for Breastfeeding.Chapter 19: Ten Breastfeeding Wives’ Tales.Index.

“…will guide you from first latch-on through weaning…” (Shape Fit Pregnancy, October 2004)