Pugz- breastfeeding book

[badtzmaru22]

What are you reading? You mentioned in another post how you didn't like it bc it was preachy. Have you read Breastfeeding Made Simple? I loved that one. Really helpful and not preachy. Just thought I'd throw it out there.

[Deleted]

I bet it's the one by LLL. They're kind of a love 'em or hate 'em organization.

I love them so much I have a meeting to talk about becoming a leader next week.

[pugz]

yeah it's the LLL Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. Good info just very heavy handed.

[Ashley&Scott]

I have The Everything Breastfeeding Book. I like it, lots of great info, straightforward & easy to read.

[pugz]

kellymom is the bf website right? I might just use that plus my bf class and then support group/LLL. I feel like it's so abstract, reading a book is not really doing it for me.

[Deleted]

Kellymom.com is gold.

You can go to LLL meetings while pg, too. I went to a few. I didn't take a class. I preferred the real world atmosphere of the meetings - actual moms, actual babies.

Reading ahead is kind of useless. Having a book on hand to read and go "oh, it's normal" is kind of nice, but kellymom can accomplish that.

[pugz]

yeah we are taking a class at the hospital, mostly for dh's benefit so he can learn the basics and be better able to support me.

[MamaMaui24]

I thought "So That's What They're There For" by Janet Tamaro was good.

[fortmyersbride]

I never read a book or took a class, but I did (and still do) use Kelly mom whenever I have a question. I also had a phone consultation with my hospital's LC when DD was having some issues.

[nannersp]

Jun 9, 2012 21:00:27 GMT -5 @246baje said:

Jun 9, 2012 20:41:43 GMT -5 MamaMaui24 said:

I thought "So That's What They're There For" by Janet Tamaro was good.

Me too!

Me, three!

[zeewifeandmama]

Jun 9, 2012 20:40:20 GMT -5 pugz said:

yeah we are taking a class at the hospital, mostly for dh's benefit so he can learn the basics and be better able to support me.

This turned out to be really beneficial to me...MH was my best support for BF'ing. Also, I liked "Nursing mother's companion" and kellymom...got me through most issues.

[Ashley&Scott]

Kellymom is awesome, I found it very helpful to read before DS was born too.

We also took a class which was helpful especially for DH.

I think you'll really like going to a support group. I love mine & wish I would have started going sooner. (I wasn't having problems & it didn't occur to me until 7 weeks that I could go to socialize

[DarcyLongfellow]

Another vote for The Nursing Mother's Companion. Very helpful.

Also, I'll go ahead and say that all of those books lie, lie, lie. They all want you to nurse, so they tell you it's painless is you do it right. It's not. Even with a perfect latch, it HURTS LIKE HELL at first. I think any body part that is all of a sudden sucked on for hours a day is going to hurt! And the pain doesn't mean you're doing it all wrong -- which I wish I'd known ahead of time.

[Deleted]

It doesn't hurt for everyone; it does hurt for most.

There are also different types of pain. I had a few seconds of pain at the start of every feed - but it went away during the feed and improved with time. If it hurts the whole time and if you've got nipple damage, or if it's not getting better... then something IS wrong. Things like tongue tie can cause pain with a "good latch" and will only be fixed if you are a very insistent person.

[karinothing]

Jun 10, 2012 15:17:56 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

It doesn't hurt for everyone; it does hurt for most.

There are also different types of pain. I had a few seconds of pain at the start of every feed - but it went away during the feed and improved with time. If it hurts the whole time and if you've got nipple damage, or if it's not getting better... then something IS wrong. Things like tongue tie can cause pain with a "good latch" and will only be fixed if you are a very insistent person.

I think this is a good point. I didn't have pain during breastfeeding but my nipples felt chapped/raw for about 6 weeks. I had to wear very soft shirts/bras.

[sewpinkgal]

I never read a book, but attended a class and then started going to our local support group when J was 2 weeks. This was invaluable as I had nipple damage and supply issues that I was able to start to solve with a private consult, but the support group helped me keep things running smoothly. If you find a good one, they are gold.

I will also say that BFing hurt for me for weeks - part of that was nipple damage, but they also had to toughen up once they healed. Eventually though, it became such a nice time between us and the pain disappeared.

[megs193]

I really like Breastfeeding Made Simple and The Nursing Mother's Companion.

I took a breastfeeding class before my son was born but the all the woman talked about was how under no circumstance should the child get a pacifier or a bottle. My son was born at night and wouldn't latch and the hospital made me give him a bottle after 6 hours of not eating. I spent the first few hours of his life feeling like a total failure so I think the class did more harm than good.