Science and history both tell us that breastfeeding is the natural way to feed a baby. However, natural doesn’t always mean simple or easy. Breastfeeding, just like pregnancy, has its issues and demands. Resolving the issues and embracing the demands can be easy if you prepare yourself with the right knowledge and positive support. To help yourself feel more empowered to nurture your child with the ultimate food of love, make sure you educate yourself with any of these five books.
1. Bestfeeding: How To Breastfeed Your Baby by Chloe Fisher, Mary Renfrew, and Suzanne Arms
This is a book that offers breastfeeding assistance complete with illustrations. Written by three internationally respected authors who are dedicated breastfeeding advocates, this book will educate you with just the right information needed to get started and continue with nursing. The diagrams and photos make the mechanics of breastfeeding a lot easier to grasp.
2. The Breastfeeding Book by Martha Sears, R.N. and William Sears, M.D.
This reference book is informative, supportive, and reassuring. The Sears family offers friendly guidance and support to help you successfully breastfeed. This evidence-based guidebook provides answers to your nursing queries and will help you resolve the different issues that may come with breastfeeding. The encouragement offered in this book will surely give you the confidence to overcome any breastfeeding hurdle that may come your way.
3. The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers by Dr. Jack Newman
This is indeed the ultimate breastfeeding book. Dr. Jack Newman instantly becomes your personal lactation consultant as he provides the answers to any issues that may arise during your breastfeeding process. If you have concerns about breastfeeding, this book will help alleviate them. It is a great reference before, during, and even after nursing.
4. So That’s What They’re For: Breastfeeding Basics by Janet Tamaro
If you are hesitant about buying breastfeeding books and starting to inform yourself of the many aspects of breastfeeding, you may want to start with this one. Information is presented in a friendly manner. The author provides emotional support in a lighthearted way. This is a very basic book and offers a real world perspective. If you think breastfeeding is not for you, or is something you think you can’t do, maybe just give this book a chance.
5. The Food of Love by Kate Evans
If you find it boring to learn and understand breastfeeding in a theoretical way, then this book is for you. The Food of Love offers a fresh and amusing look at motherhood as it explores breastfeeding and other aspects that come with childbirth and parenting. The personable and sometimes humorous approach of this book will certainly empower you to provide the food of love for your baby.
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