BreastFeeding Books Recommended By TheBabyWebsite1. Breastfeeding: the essential guide By Sharon Trotter, Midwife and Mother. Published by TIPS Limited. 100 pages. Price £5.99.
This book remains in the top 5 best selling breastfeeding books on amazon.co.uk. The 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 Sharon breastfeeding her babies. This book has received rave reviews and has recently been featured in the internationally respected Journal of Human Lactation.
2. Breast is Best. Revised and updated in 2005 by Dr Penny Stanway. Published by Pan Books. 356 pages. Price: £8.99. Breat is Best is written in a no-nonsense language and covers everything clearly. An absolute must for every new mother.
This book was my bible when I was pregnant and taught me so much about breastfeeding. I'm sure it helped me be such a successful breastfeeder!
Kathryn C. Editor of TheBabyWebsite
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
9. Breastfeeding Without Tears DVD A guide to successful breastfeeding. Clare Byam-Cook is a breast feeding guru who explains how breast feeding works, how to reduce sore nipples, demonstrates how to swaddle a baby and demonstrates a successful breast feed on a three day old baby.
10. What to Expect When You're Breastfeeding...And What If You Can't? While some mothers take to breast-feeding like a duck to water, others just can't seem to get the hang of it. Clare Byam-Cook agrees that breast is best but she stresses that the most important thing is that your baby is fed - whether by the breast or bottle - and you, the mother, should feel comfortable with whatever you choose to do. This comprehensive guide has been fully revised and updated to contain all the latest information on breast-feeding your baby successfully, including: how to prepare for breast-feeding; what to expect in the early stages; how to overcome common problems; and if you can't...the first rule is you shouldn't feel a failure. Clare Byam-Cook recognises there are certain circumstances where bottle feeding is an advisable alternative. Rather than making you feel guilty if you prefer, or have to, bottle feed, she is wholly supportive and sympathetic, providing you with all the practical advice and information you need.
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