Breastfeeding Techniques

Articles

• Breastfeeding Answers Positioning Baby at the Breast Good descriptions, with line drawings to help.
• Breastfeeding Basics A good tip sheet covering positions and other how-to's.
• Breastfeeding.com's Video Archive Great clips, including several breastfeeding positions.
• BREASTFEEDING: GETTING STARTED Tips on all of the basic positions.
• Breastfeeding Resources for New Parents Great page.  Good info and illustrations.
• Discreet Breastfeeding Positions : Heart to Heart Baby Sling Positions Covers a couple of usful positions.  A bit slow to load, but helpful if you nurse with a sling.
• Help Me!  Image Collection - Nursing Positions for Twins Great photo and image summary.
• Help Me!  Image Collection - Positioning and Nursing Holds Excellent!
• I can't find a comfortable nursing position? Covers nursing while lying down.
• Tandem Nursing Covers Positioning (no pictures, just description).

Very Informative Books!

Huggins, Kathleen

The Nursing Mother’s Companion. (Boston, MA: Harvard Common Press, 1995).

La Leche League International

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding. (Plume, 1997).

Pryor, Karen

Nursing Your Baby. (Pocket Books, 1991).

Renfrew, Mary, et al.

Bestfeeding : Getting Breastfeeding Right for You : An Illustrated Guide (Celestial Arts, 1990).

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09/13/00