Breastfeeding

Great Ingredients in the Recipe for Breast Milk
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
Each species of mammal makes a unique kind of milk that can satisfy all the nutritional requirements of its offspring at the beginning of life. This milk, like blood, has specific qualities that ensure the survival of the young in its particular

Breast Is Best! Breast-feeding for Success
The New Mom's Manual : Over 800 Tips and Advice from Hundreds of Moms for Baby's First Year
by Mary Jeanne Menna
Experts agree that breast milk is the best source of nutrition for baby, providing just the right amounts of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, as well as critical enzymes and antibodies that promote immunities to fight disease in your baby.

Questions You May Have About Getting Ready to Breastfeed
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
I'm expecting my first baby and I'm concerned that nursing may make my breasts sag. Will it? Pregnancy, not breastfeeding, is what causes breasts to change. The hormones of pregnancy enlarge your breasts and stretch your skin as your body prepares to make

What's In It for Mother?
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
By providing milk from your breasts, you're guaranteeing the best nourishment for your baby. But breastfeeding is healthier not just for babies. It's healthier for mothers, too. During breastfeeding, you give your baby ideal nourishment and nurturing

Why Breast Is Best
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
IN THE EARLY DAYS of learning to breastfeed, there may be times when you feel like tossing in the nursing bra and reaching for a bottle. You may be tempted to believe those advisers who suggest that formula feeding is easier or just as good.

The First Six Months
Mommy Made and Daddy Too! Home Cooking for a Healthy Baby & Toddler
by Martha Kimmel, David Kimmel
Feeding our children is where our parenting begins. From infancy on, food becomes a significant form of communicating and nurturing. When your infant cries, you run to comfort her with food. In this way she gains her first sense of relief and well-being.

Immunities, Reduced Risk of Diabetes
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
Breastfeeding, plus the delayed introduction of cow's milk, reduces the risk of juvenile-onset diabetes. In addition, researchers have shown a lower insulin release in breastfed infants compared to infants fed formula.

Leaner Adult Bodies, Better Eyes
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
Breastfed infants become leaner adults. New research is discovering that leanness is associated with general health and well-being and with a lower risk of such diseases as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

Intestinal Health
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
Breast milk is known as the easy in-easy out food. It's easier to digest and makes easier-to-pass stools. In fact, breast milk contains enzymes that help babies digest their meals from the breast. Whey, the predominant protein in breast milk

Choosing to Breastfeed
The American Academy of Pediatrics New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding
by The American Academy of Pediatrics, Joan Younger Meek, M.D., Sherill Tippins
As you prepare for motherhood, you will want answers to all of your questions about breastfeeding. You will want to consider how it is possible to combine breastfeeding with work outside the home, how you can fully involve your partner in parenting

Healthier Children and Adults
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
Many parents are relieved to learn that breastfed babies are less likely to become victims of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). There are many ways in which breastfeeding could influence the incidence of SIDS.

Better Hearing, Breathing and Hearts
The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child
by Martha Sears, R. N., William Sears, M. D.
Not only do breastfed infants think, grow, and see better, but they are also likely to hear better. Being able to hear well is necessary for language development, so this benefit of breastfeeding is very important. The reason breastfeeding promotes health

Will You or Won't You?
The Complete Book of Breastfeeding: Revised Edition
by Marvin S. Eiger, M.D., Sally Wendkos Olds
Only in relatively recent times has there been any question at all as to whether or not a baby would be breastfed. In earlier days, if a mother was either unable or unwilling to nurse her baby herself, she had to find another woman to do it.

Lactation Supression: Safer Without Drugs
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The major drug used for suppressing lactation is a non-hormonal substance called bromocriptine. It is also used to treat Parkinson's disease, but because this is a serious disease, the risks associated with the drug's use do not outweigh its benefits.

The Mother and Her Child
by William S. Sadler, M.D., Lena K. Sadler, M.D.
Happy is the mother, and thrice blessed is the babe when he is able to enjoy the supreme benefits of maternal nursing. The benefits to the child are far reaching; he stands a better chance of escaping many infantile diseases; the whole outlook for health

The Young Mother: Management of Children in Regard to Health
by William A. Alcott
It has been incidentally stated, that Dr. Dewees objects to the mother's use, during her early period of nursing, of broths and animal food. This is about as much as we could reasonably expect from one who belongs to a profession whose members are

The Prospective Mother: A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy
by J. Morris Slemons
When the obstetrician pays his final visit the mother usually has ready a number of questions, most of which anticipate difficulties in the care of the baby. At that time, however, minute and far-reaching directions cannot always be given.

Introduction
The Complete Book of Breastfeeding: Revised Edition
by Marvin S. Eiger, M.D., Sally Wendkos Olds
Today, if you have questions about breastfeeding, you're more likely to have sources to go to - the doctors, nurses, and midwives who help you in childbirth, the friends and neighbors who are nursing or have nursed their own children

Infant Formula: Second Best but Good Enough
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
When breast-feeding isn't possible, babies can thrive on today's infant formulas, prepared under strict quality control procedures to ensure healthfulness and safety. A century ago, babies who couldn't be breast-fed usually didn't survive.

Breastfeeding : Tips, Medicines and Nursing Mothers
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
It's helpful for a woman who wants to breast-feed to learn as much about it as possible before delivery, while she is not exhausted from caring for an infant around-the-clock. The following tips can help foster successful nursing: