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The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk: Foreword by Martha Sears, RN by [Diana West, Lisa Marasco]

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Concerned about making enough milk for your baby? Wondering how to make more? Two lactation experts are here to help.

Separate fact from fiction with help from this comprehensive book about improving low milk supply. Written by two leading experts who have been there themselves and officially recommended by La Leche League International, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk incorporates the latest research and discoveries about causes of low milk supply, the way your body makes milk, and how babies contribute to your milk production. Best of all, you'll find valuable suggestions for both time-honored and innovative ways to make more milk.

Learn the facts about:

Determining if baby is really getting enough milk

Supplementing without decreasing your supply

Maximizing the amount of milk you can make

Identifying the causes of your low supply

Increasing your supply with the most effective methods, including pumping, herbs, medications, foods, and alternative therapies

Making more milk when you return to work, exclusively pump, have a premie or multiples, relactate, or induce lactation

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October 25, 2008
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About the Author

Diana West, IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant in private practice and author of Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery.

Lisa Marasco, M.A., IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant both in private practice and for WIC and contributing author to the Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice.

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Diana West, IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant in private practice and author of Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery.

Lisa Marasco, M.A., IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant both in private practice and for WIC and contributing author to the Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice.

--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001FA0O1E
Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 1st edition (October 25, 2008)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 25, 2008
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 7126 KB
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Best Sellers Rank: #260,611 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #23 in Breastfeeding
- #33 in Child Care
- #62 in Parenting Reference

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Diana West is an international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) in private practice in New Jersey and a retired La Leche League Leader. She is the co-author of “Making More Milk,” “Sweet Sleep: Nighttime an Naptime Strategies for the Breastfeeding Family,” the 8th edition of La Leche League International’s “The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding,” the clinical monograph “Breastfeeding After Breast and Nipple Procedures,” and ILCA’s popular “Clinician’s Breastfeeding Triage Tool.” She is the sole author of “Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery.” She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and is in graduate school for her Master's, while also offering customer service for PumpinPal. She has three grown sons and lives in the picturesque mountains of western New Jersey in the United States. Visit her speaker page at http://dianawest.com.
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naturalmamaTop Contributor: Baking

Why didn't I read this three kids ago?!

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2014

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I had a horrible, HORRIBLE time feeding our first two kids. I never produced enough milk, in spite of doing everything the lactation consultants and every successful breastfeeding mom I knew told me to do. And it wasn't a small deficit, either...we're talking about being short by half their daily intake or more. When our third baby was born premature and I was faced with at least a month of exclusive pumping before I could even attempt to breastfeed him, I didn't have much hope that I'd be able to keep up. Even pumping 8x/day, I was only getting about 13 oz. I read this book, tried a couple of things, and shot up to 18 oz. immediately. After a few more weeks and trying some more recommendations (some of which worked, some of which didn't), I stabilized around 27-29 oz./day. I was amazed, considering my previous best with my other kids was about 14 oz./day (while taking fenugreek!). My little guy never did learn to breastfeed, but I managed to pump exlusively and exceed his demand for about 4.5 months, at which point I stopped pumping because I was struggling to balance my work and home life. I'm sure I have some underlying issue that prevents me from having the fantastic supply that many moms have, but either way, I was so excited that I did as well as I did for as long as I did. This book made a huge difference in that success. I felt encouraged and like there was some solution out there that would work for me, and I never, ever felt judged reading this book. I only wish I would have read this book when I was pregnant with our first child instead of waiting until I'd had two bad breastfeeding experiences and had a lot of emotional baggage around breastfeeding.

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EM

Wished I had read this book from the start

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2019

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Felt like there's a lot of detective work involved in trying to figure out how to increase supply or figuring out what might be inadvertently sabotaging your efforts. The author throws a lot out there, and based on your own efforts, you'll be able to hopefully find the missing piece of the puzzle. Out of the whole book, I think there were a few inconspicuous sentences that gave me that "aha" moment but it was so worth it and made all the difference to making it to 12 months+ breastfeeding.

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Joshie's Mommie

This book ROCKS!

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2012

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This book was an AWESOME READ! I struggled to nurse with my first son because he had a poor latch and was a VERY slow eater - 45 mins+ at each feeding! (Try doing that every 2 hours and you get NOTHING else done in life!) I ended up pumping exclusively for 9 months and it about wore me out. I was a slave to that pump and to the clock!

When I got pregnant again I was determined to educate myself about nursing so I could slam dunk the nursing experience with my new baby. I came across this book and read it cover to cover. Let me tell you... it was a GOD SEND. This book had a TON of information in it. My 2nd son is now 8.5 mos old and is a nursing champ! I also started taking Fenugreek daily (2 pills in AM and 2 in PM) from the first week I was home from the hospital. Let me tell you - I am a milk making machine!!! I have about a 4-5 month supply in a deep freezer and most of that came from the extra milk I pumped AFTER NURSINGS. I think because I educated myself and understood the milk making process and how the breasts produce milk I could relax, take it easy and enjoy my nursing relationship with my son.... thus making more milk. It was also a great reference tool many times in the first several months.

Nursing is certainly NOT easy for everyone. And it is a huge committment no matter who you are. (I stuggled with the latch with my 2nd son for several weeks. But, I didn't give up & I consulted a professional who helped me fix the problem!) Since reading this book I have purchased 3 more copies to give as baby shower gifts to future nursing mommies and have loaned out my copy to mommies struggling to boost supply now.

If you are on the fence about this book... Just get it and read it. You won't be disappointed. The info can only help you. When you are done with it... pass it on and help another mommy out!

Also- one more thing... The other book that was great and helped me a lot was Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers .
Get both books and read them! You will be totally set up for a successful feeding experience!
Happy Nursing new mommies!

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Anonymous2018

Best Book for Breastfeeding Mom

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018

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Wish I had read this prior to delivery just for knowledge of breastfeeding and ability to get some supplies “on hand” versus shopping with a newborn or even waiting for amazon to prime them to me afterward as time can be critical. For exampleaught a cold when baby was approx 5 weeks old—drastically negatively effected supply. Found this book on my own through my own research online via lowmilksupply.org

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Shannon S. Ash

Needed this sooner!

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2010

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I got this book on the suggestion of a lactation consultant while impatiently waiting for our third child to be born. I'd had difficulties with milk production for each of my two previous children, with it getting worse each time. I'd tried nursing every hour, pumping every hour, fenugreek, Reglan, and had numerous consults with lact consultants, without any real success. This book helped me to figure out what I thought was the problem, and after ditching my OB (who despite being "fine" really wasn't supportive of either natural childbirth OR of helping me troubleshoot my breastfeeding issues) in favor of a midwife; we did blood tests and confirmed my diagnosis was correct. This enabled me to make the herbal and medication changes I needed to make in order to produce more milk. For our third child, I was able to make much more milk than I had with the previous two babies. It still wasn't enough to feed him fully (I think he's half piglet!) but it was just what he and I needed. I finally don't feel like a failure to my baby! Buy this at the first sign of a problem.

3 people found this helpful

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Melissa

Helpful book to increase breastfeeding knowledge

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2017

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Helpful book. Gives a lot of great advice and explains why your supply may be low...still difficult to know the cause of my low milk supply. I haven't been able to increase my supply much. I'm only able to pump 1-1 1/2 ounces total. Helps to know I'm doing everything I can.

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turtle worm

Essential reading for breastfeeding mothers and health professionals.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2009

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This deceptively short book (under 300 pages) is more than worth its weight in gold. Diana West, author of "Defining your own success: breastfeeding after reduction surgery", has brought together a mountain of medical research and mothers own stories to produce a volume that would save many women the worry of not producing enough milk to breastfeed their baby. Beginning with a summary of the biology behind milk production, establishing what the range of 'normal' is and how to establish a good supply at birth and investigate possible problems, she then discusses potential causes: is it something you're doing? (latch problems, overnight 'disappearance', stealthy saboteurs: common substances that inhibit milk production; pregnancy; outside interferences, frequency and duration; your ned for sleep; supplementation; nutrition; hydration (did you know, for instance, that drinking too MUCH water can reduce your milk supply?) Is it the baby (palatal variations, airway problems, cardiac problems, nervous system issues etc etc) Is it something about your breasts? (yes, some women do not have enough glandular tissue but that is very rare) or Is it your hormones? I simply cannot praise this book enough and sincerely wish I had read it before my own six month battle to breastfeed my little girl. Luckily her tongue tie (one of /three/ kinds discussed in this book) was treated as well as my by then poor supply and we are still going strong at 12 months. I hope this encourages you to buy it, it is well worth the time.

26 people found this helpful

Karolina Wikira

Worth reading!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2015

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Very good book. Worth reading before your little one arrives as it can help to avoid some mistakes while breastfeeding. I have bough it quite late (my baby girl was 4 months and I was struggling to breastfeed) but still helped as it gave me some fresh ideas how to manage my low milk supply. Would recommend for every mom to be!

4 people found this helpful

Bookworm

So Helpful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 17, 2014

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This is such a good book. It explains all the reasons why you may not be making enough milk and all the different options to improve your milk supply. It lists medications as well as herbal remedies, and all the things you can do to yourself to help. Highly recommended.

One person found this helpful

ErikaS

Nothing worked

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2020

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Some women just can't make enough milk, and if that is the case supplement the breastmilk with formula, the baby be fine.