Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding provides your baby with the perfect food, food that is made to order for all that your baby needs. Nothing can replace breastmilk as the nutrition of choice for newborns and babies.

The midwife will give you one-on-one instruction in the basics of breastfeeding. These sessions give you hands-on practice about how to hold the baby during breastfeeding. Dolls, stand in for the baby. Fathers are strongly encouraged to attend in order to learn about participate fully in support of the breastfeeding relationship between mama and baby.

My favorite book on breastfeeding technique is "BestFeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You" by Mary Renfrow, Chloe Fisher and Suzanne Arms.

If you are still breastfeeding a child while pregnant, you will want to read a La Leche League book written by Hilary Flower, "Adventures in Tandem Nursing". She discusses breastfeeding while pregnant and also, nursing a new baby along with an older sibling.