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Foreword | |
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Introduction | |
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Planning to Breastfeed | |
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Why Choose Breastfeeding? | |
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A Special Journey | |
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Best for Baby--Best for You | |
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The Key to Good Mothering | |
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Plans are Underway | |
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Plans for the Baby's Birth | |
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Health Professionals Who Care | |
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Preparing to Breastfeed | |
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What to Wear--Nursing Fashions | |
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Your Network of Support | |
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La Leche League Meetings | |
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Why Do You Need Support? | |
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How Do I Find La Leche League? | |
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The Early Months | |
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Your Baby Arrives | |
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Baby's First Feeding | |
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Breastfeeding in Slow Motion | |
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Other Breastfeeding Positions | |
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Engorgement--When the Milk "Comes In" | |
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How Long to Nurse? | |
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Hospital Routines | |
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Breastfeeding Products | |
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Leaving the Hospital | |
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At Home With Your Baby | |
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Babies Are to Love | |
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How Many Times Do I Feed the Baby? | |
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Is Baby Getting Enough? | |
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Caring for Your Baby | |
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Taking Care of Mother | |
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Going Out? Take Baby Along | |
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A Time to Learn | |
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Why Is My Baby Crying? | |
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Babies Who Are Colicky | |
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Growth Spurts | |
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Nighttime Needs | |
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Sharing Sleep | |
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Babies, Beds, and Sex | |
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Common Concerns | |
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Avoiding and Treating Sore Nipples | |
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Moist Wound Healing | |
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Sore Nipples in Later Months | |
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Pumping and Storing Your Milk | |
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Breast Problems: Sore Breasts, Plugged Ducts, and Mastitis | |
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Breast Lumps and Breast Surgery | |
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Is Your Baby Getting Enough Milk? | |
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The Baby Who Is Pleasingly Plump | |
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Did You Ever Hear of a Nursing Strike? | |
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Going Back to Work | |
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Breastfeeding and Working | |
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Benefits of Breastfeeding | |
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Proceed Slowly | |
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Some Practical Hints | |
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Feeding Tips for the Sitter | |
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Establish a Routine | |
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Who Will Take Care of the Baby? | |
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Making a Choice | |
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The Mother-Child Relationship | |
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Take One Step at a Time | |
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Choosing to Stay Home | |
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Life As a Family | |
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The Manly Art of Fathering | |
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Fathers Get Involved | |
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Fathers and Breastfeeding | |
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What Can Fathers Do? | |
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Husband and Wife--A Parenting Team | |
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Meeting Family Needs | |
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Housework and a New Baby | |
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Time for the Other Little Ones | |
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Developing a Parenting Style | |
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Nutritional Know-How | |
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The Basic Approach | |
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How to Eat Well | |
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Special Hints for Nursing Mothers | |
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Weight Loss and Exercise | |
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As Your Baby Grows | |
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Ready for Solids | |
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Go Slowly at First | |
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What Foods to Choose | |
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Weaning Gradually, With Love | |
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More Than Milk | |
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What If I Want to Wean My Baby? | |
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Toddler Nursing | |
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Pregnant and Nursing? | |
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Tandem Nursing | |
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Discipline is Loving Guidance | |
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Setting the Stage | |
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Discipline and Punishment | |
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Normal Toddler Traits | |
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A Look Ahead | |
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Special Situations | |
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Problems at the Beginning | |
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Breastfeeding after a Cesarean Birth | |
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What If Your Baby Is Jaundiced? | |
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Hypoglycemia in Newborns | |
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If Your Baby Is Premature | |
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A Baby with Special Needs | |
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The Baby with Down Syndrome | |
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A Baby with a Cleft Lip or Palate | |
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Cystic Fibrosis and Other Metabolic Conditions | |
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When a Baby Dies | |
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When Extra Care is Needed | |
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Multiple Births--Multiple Blessings | |
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Relactation and Induced Lactation | |
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If Your Baby Gets Sick | |
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Slow Weight Gain | |
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What If Mother Is Ill? | |
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Medications and Other Substances | |
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Mothers with Special Problems | |
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Why Breast is Best | |
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Human Milk for Human Babies | |
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How Your Baby Grows | |
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Unique Milk for a Unique Species | |
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Human Milk: An Arsenal Against Illness | |
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Nature's Vaccine for the Newborn | |
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Avoiding Allergies | |
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More Reasons to Breastfeed | |
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How Breastfeeding Affects A Mother | |
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How the Breast Gives Milk | |
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Guaranteed High-Quality Milk | |
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Breastfeeding and Your Reproductive Cycle | |
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Mothers Helping Mothers | |
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About La Leche League | |
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How It All Began | |
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How LLL Can Help You | |
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About This Book and Its Authors | |
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La Leche League's Influence | |
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A Final Word--From the Founders | |
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Appendix | |
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Books That We Publish | |
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Other Helpful Books | |
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Breast Pumps and Other Products | |
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Organizations That Offer Support | |
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Web Sites That Are Helpful | |
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Marmet Technique of Manual Expression | |
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Selected References | |
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Photo Credits | |
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Index | |