For more than 40 years, mothers have depended on the wisdomand warmth of Nursing Your Baby. Now authors Karen Pryor and her daughter Gale Pryor have revised and updated their classic guide for today's generation of women. New information includes:

• Up-to-date studies on health benefits for breastfed infantsand breastfeeding mothers
• Tips for getting the best start on breastfeeding during thefirst hours, weeks, and months after birth
• Breastfeeding advice for working mothers
• Legal rights as a nursing mother
• Choosing and using a breast...

Breastfeeding is a biocultural phenomenon: not only is it a biological process, but it is also a culturally determined behavior. As such, it has important implications for understanding the past, present, and future condition of our species. In general, scholars have emphasized either the biological or the cultural aspects of breastfeeding, but not both. As biological anthropologists the editors of this volume feel that an evolutionary approach combining both aspects is essential. One of the goals of their book is to incorporate data from diverse fields to present a more holistic view of...

'Breast is best' is today s prevailing mantra. However, women particularly first-time mothers frequently feel unsupported when they come to feed their baby. This new experience often takes place in the impersonal and medicalized surroundings of a hospital maternity ward where women are 'seen to' by overworked midwives.

Using a UK-based ethnographic study and interview material, this book provides a new, radical and critical perspective on the ways in which women experience breastfeeding in hospitals. It highlights that, in spite of heavy promotion of breastfeeding, there is often a...

• How to know the effect of what you eat and drink on your breastmilk -- from antihistamines and antidepressants to spicy food, wine, or caffeine
  
• How to use natural remedies like fennel tea,...

"A practical, light-hearted, and humorous look at breastfeeding...that's full of factual information and down-to-earth answers to the universal questions all breastfeeding mothers have." --La Leche League

"This light-hearted approach to a truly serious subject offers a healthy mix of medical fact and hearty humor, and is a must for all moms." --Dr. Dean Edell, nationally syndicated radio/television talk show host

"BEST PICKS: Best breastfeeding book out there for new moms." --Parent Soup

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