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I know it’s a little odd me writing about this book as I’m not breastfeeding any more, but I received the Breastfeeding Made Easy book just as I was switching to the bottle – it would have been so handy for me beforehand but I thought it would still be great to review it as I could maybe help someone in the future, even if only on something small, and I could recommend it to people in the future too. Obviously it’s also taken me a long time to get through it, as it is a long book; but in turn that means it’s very informative.
Anything that can help you find out more about breastfeeding is great; whether that be friends, peers on social media, peer supporters, midwives, or books. This book literally covers everything. There are 23 chapters covering subjects such as [actually] breastfeeding, facts about babies, problems with the breast, weaning, illness, fertility whilst breastfeeding, and many many more.
It is written by Carlos Gonzalez, and he writes with both seriousness and humour. Though at some points I did feel he was being critical towards formula feeding mothers, but obviously if you are going to read this book you are planning on breastfeeding anyway so it wouldn’t particularly bother you, and he is of course promoting breastfeeding (I read some of these parts at the point when I was still a bit sensitive; later on it didn’t really bother me).
There are lots of useful images so as well the written word of his advice, you can actually see what to do or what he is referring to. At the end of every chapter there are also references to other literature which has been mentioned so you can seek further information if you wish to do so. Carlos also includes links to support, which is fantastic.
There are some really interesting facts in this book which I had absolutely no idea about and I have come away with a whole new mountain of knowledge which I may be able to pass on to someone else at some point – you never know when that little thing could come up in conversation and a light bulb comes on – “Ooh, I read about that in this great book!”.
It is currently retailing at £9.59 on Pinter & Martin. I think that for anybody who wants to breastfeed, that it is a must buy at this price and I only wish I had read it before N arrived.
My rating – 5/5
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Really interesting, I am always slightly dubious about breastfeeding advice as it often feels like propaganda but I would be interested to read it. I struggled initially bfing monkey but did manage for 6 mths, I am not sure what I am going to do with no.2 yet!
What a fab resource, especially for first time mums. Knowledge is power after all! x x x
Great resource you can return to especially for first time Mums!
Wish I had that when I was feeding as I was the only one in my circle of friends and family so no-one could advise me why the scary changes we're happening to my boobs and why it was so hard sometimes – every breastfeeding Mum should be given one of these books as standard!
As a first time mum due in Oct I really want to try and breastfeed, this books sounds like a great source of information
Would quite like the book 'A Baby Wants to be Carried'