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The Breastfeeding Answer Book

From descriptions of how the breast works to nursing multiple babies and weaning to various drug interactions, this is a complete resource guide to breastfeeding and has proven necessary for those who want to help mothers breastfeed. Complete information on pumps and other products, new milk storage guidelines, and a new approach to newborn jaundice make this edition an indispensable resource for all who counsel breastfeeding mothers. A revised and expanded edition of one of our most popular LLLI resource books with timely references and three new chapters on the art and technique of breastfeeding.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 680 pages

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