Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers

Nancy Mohrbacher, Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett

New Harbinger Publications, 2005 - Health & Fitness - 276 pages

Breastfeeding is natural, but it's not always easy. It is the biological norm, but it is not the cultural norm. By learning the seven basic principles in this book, mothers can dramatically increase their likelihood of success and make breastfeeding the enjoyable experience it should be. The seven laws taught in Breast Feeding Made Simple are easy for mothers to understand and are sure to help them avoid some of the pitfalls that they might otherwise face.

• The seven principles include:
• Babies Have the Urge to Self-Attach
• Use the Power of Skin-to-Skin: A Baby's Natural Habitat
• Breastfeed Ad Lib
• Reach for the Comfort Zone
• Expect Cluster Nursing
• More Milk Out = More Milk Made
• Babies Outgrow Breastfeeding

The book also addresses how to solve common problems and deal with special situations such as breast reductions and babies with special needs. The authors describe some of the social, psychological, and cultural reasons why breastfeeding is not currently the norm, and what this implies for mothers. In all, this is an easy-to-use breastfeeding resource for new mothers, which includes all the latest research and techniques used by those in the lactation field.

What people are saying

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User Review  - mojumi - LibraryThing

While I always keep my copies of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding and The Breastfeeding Answer Book handy, this is so far my favorite basic lay-person's book on the normal course of breastfeeding. The ...

Great book!

User Review  - kdawg72 - Overstock.com

This book is absolutely wonderful. I learned so much not just about breast feeding technique but also about the history of breast feeding what to expect from newborns and about the falacies weve been ...

Contents

• IV: 11
• V: 29
• VI: 45
• VII: 67
• VIII: 93
• IX: 119
• X: 141
• XI: 165
• XII: 183
• XIII: 185
• XIV: 209
• XV: 231
• XVI: 261
• XVII: 265

About the author

Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, FILCA , is the author and coauthor of several popular breastfeeding books, including Breastfeeding Made Simple , Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple , and The Breastfeeding Answer Book . She has helped thousands of breastfeeding families in the greater Chicago area, and in 2008 she was officially recognized by the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA).

Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist. A research associate at the Family Research Laboratory and a Research Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire, she is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers
• Authors: Nancy Mohrbacher, Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2005
• ISBN: 1572244046, 9781572244047
• Length: 276 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / Breastfeeding