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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 | |