Caoimhe Whelan

Practical Breastfeeding (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A fully-illustrated, modern guide to breastfeeding your baby

Help is at hand for parents who want to breastfeed, thanks to this unique colour guide.

Many Western mothers try to breastfeed but stop, frustrated, after a few weeks or months. This illustrated contemporary book takes parents through the joy and challenges of breastfeeding, telling them everything you need to know. With empathetic and caring language, it deals with such key issues as feeding frequency, latching, mastitis, and cracked nipples.

Uniquely, Practical Breastfeeding represents women and birthing people from different backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, abilities, and gender identities. It is designed to appeal to a generation of parents who have started to turn to (sometimes unreliable) posts on Instagram for bite-sized pieces of information, conveyed through words, pictures and eye-pleasing design.

The author, an experienced lactation consultant, puts a particular focus on the emotional well-being and mental health of mothers, topics often overlooked by other (overwhelmingly text-based) breastfeeding books. With endorsements from breastfeeding consultants, Practical Breastfeeding is poised to become a durable classic in parenting books.

Reviews

'This is an absolutely fabulous book. It covers everything and it is so wonderfully inclusive in every possible way. It has a beautiful uplifting feel about it and balances the benefits with the struggles so beautifully - I think any mum would feel empowered after reading it and know that it is OK to find it hard, but know that it will pass. The illustrations are great - I giggled at the social media breastfeeding yogi!' - Cathy Monaghan, Senior Paediatric Dietitian

'This beautifully illustrated book provides a wealth of practical guidance backed by science and clinical experience delivered in an accessible and inclusive way. It is a great resource to read either from cover to cover or to dip into for troubleshooting and includes information about pumping, medications, supplementation at the breast, mental health and navigating social media. I would recommend this book to all on their breastfeeding journey.' - Dr Anne Doolan, Consultant Neonatologist and IBCLC

'My expectations were completely blown out of the water by 'Practical Breastfeeding'. There is no corner of breastfeeding left unexplored, in a simple understandable way. The illustrations are so beautiful and inclusive and so many brought tears to my eyes. The myth-busting and promotion of normal newborn behaviour is such a welcome sight in a world where things are pathologised and capitalised on so often. Looking back on my own journeys, three feeding experiences and a loss (I love how this is included) I can't tell you how valuable this would have been to me, everything is covered. I will recommend this to all of my doula clients, friends and family and anyone I interact with who expresses a desire or curiosity about breastfeeding. Huge well done to Caoimhe, Lauren and Nicola on such a work of art.' - Pamela-Jane Davis, Birth Doula and Pre/Postnatal Pilates Instructor

'This book is amazing! The illustrations are beautiful, the language is so inclusive, and it covers everything you might want to know about breastfeeding, from conception right through to birth, weaning and sleep. The book is just so stunning. It explains everything so well. If you are looking for a book to buy as a gift or for yourself, that talks about everything to do with breastfeeding, then this is for you.' - Ciara Butler, IBCLC, Midwife, Nurse

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Canbury Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781914487408
• Artikelnr.: 73778135

Autorenporträt

Caoimhe is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) working in private practice in Dublin, Ireland. Prior to qualifying as an IBCLC, she was a voluntary breastfeeding supporter with Cuidiu (the Irish equivalent of the National Childbirth Trust) for eight years. In her 15+ years of volunteering and working in private practice, Caoimhe has always been passionate about providing individualised support to parents and helping them to have an experience of breastfeeding or lactation that they are happy with.Caoimhe is particularly interested in women's and parents' lived experiences of breastfeeding and transitioning to motherhood. In 2023, she graduated from University College Dublin with an MSc. in research. She studied women's experiences of breastfeeding with primary low milk supply and her findings were published in Breastfeeding Medicine and International Breastfeeding Journal. Caoimhe is an accomplished speaker and has presented at many national and national breastfeeding conferences, including the International Lactation Consultant Association conference, GOLD Lactation, iLactation, the New Zealand Lactation Consultant Association conference, and the Lactation Consultants of Great Britain conference.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 7 Chapter 1. Thinking About Breastfeeding
9 Chapter 2. Breasts
Colostrum
and Antenatal Hand Expression
37 Chapter 3. Birth and the Golden Hours
51 Chapter 4. The First Week
75 Chapter 5. Weeks Two and Three
103 Chapter 6. Life in the Fourth Trimester
121 Chapter 7. Using Social Media
135 Chapter 8. Sore Nipples and Tricky Nipples
143 Chapter 9. Mastitis
Blocked Ducts and Breast Pain
161 Chapter 10. Pumps and Pumping
173 Chapter 11. Postpartum Mental Health and Breastfeeding
189 Chapter 12. Breastfeeding and Sleep
207 Chapter 13. When Breastfeeding is Hard
225 Chapter 14. Low Milk Supply
245 Chapter 15. Drugs
Food and Alcohol
269 Chapter 16. Outside the Box Lactation
285 Chapter 17. Maternal Conditions/Illnesses and Breastfeeding
303 Chapter 18. Infant Conditions/Illnesses
311 Chapter 19. Breastfeeding Beyond the Fourth Trimester
323 Chapter 20. Stopping Breastfeeding
335 Additional Resources
347 Acknowledgements
350