My Top books for Breastfeeding are:
1. Breastfeeding: the essential guide By Sharon Trotter, Midwife and Mother. Published by TIPS Limited. 100 pages. Price £5.99.
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This is my own book and remains in the top 5 best selling breastfeeding books on amazon.co.uk. I am passionate about breastfeeding and my book is aimed at parents and professionals alike. It comes with a foreword by Anne Diamond and gives you all the advice you need for success. It also contains personal photos of me breastfeeding my babies. This book has received rave reviews and has recently been featured in the internationally respected Journal of Human Lactation.
ISBN: 0954838106
2. Breast is Best. Revised and updated in 2005 by Dr Penny Stanway. Published by Pan Books. 356 pages. Price: £8.99. I came upon the early edition (by Drs Penny & Andrew Stanway) back in 1983 and it was my bible throughout my breastfeeding life and beyond. It is written in a no-nonsense language and covers everything clearly. An absolute must for every new mother.
ISBN: 0330436309
3. The Breastfeeding Answer Book. By Nancy Mohrbacher IBCLA & Julie Stock BA IBCLA. Published by The La Leche League International 1997. A third revised edition was introduced in January 2003 with a foreword by Edward Newton. The cost is approx £32. This is a spiral bound question and answer book, which covers everything you are likely to need to know about the subject and more! Slightly on the expensive side but very readable and great for a really in-depth account.
ISBN: 0912500921
4. The Politics of Breastfeeding. 1993 edition by Gabrielle Palmer. Published by Pandora (an imprint of Harper Collins). Series Editor is Sheila Kitzinger. 361 pages. Price: approx. £10. This is a provocative book about the wider issues involved within the subject of breastfeeding. It is well written and will certainly make you sit up and think! This is one for the enthusiast!
ISBN: 0863582206
5. Bestfeeding: Why Breast Feeding is Best for You and Your Baby. Mary Renfrew Chloe Fisher and Suzanne Arms. August 2004. 274 pages. Price: approx £10. Published by Celestial Arts. This is a delightful commonsense book with some wonderful pictures too. It contains all you need to know to become successful at the art of breastfeeding.
ISBN: 1587611953
6. How Weaning Happens by Diane Bengson. Published by La Leche League. 300 pages. This book gives comprehensive advice about weaning your baby and is especially aimed at breastfeeding mothers. ISBN: 0912500549
7. Mothering Your Nursing Toddler by Norma Jane Bumgarner. Published by La Leche League with foreword by Martha Sears. 299 pages. This is a gem of a book and is written with great warmth and understanding. As a midwife and mother I loved it. ISBN: 0912500522
8. The Breastfeeding Book: Everything You Need to Know About Nursing Your Child from Birth Through Weaning by Martha Sears and William Sears. Published by Little Brown. 259 pages. A complete guide that is the number one bestseller in USA.
ISBN:0316779245
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