Books
La Leche League International, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding.
Marvin S. Eiger, et al., The Complete Book of Breastfeeding.
Huggins, Kathleen , The Nursing Mother’s Companion.
Goldberg,Linda, Kukar,Janice, Brinkley,Ginny, Pregnancy to Parenthood: Your Personal Step-By-Step Journey Through the Childbirth Experience.
Please order this book directly from the author LGoldRN@aol.com
Websites
A favorite website is the home of La Leche League International. Local chapters of LLL are everywhere in the US: http://www.lalecheleague.org/
Here is a unique comfortable breastfeeding pillow designed by a lactation consultant. Through a partnership with a mommy-entrepeneur, you can purchase the pillows online. http://www.littlebeam.com/store/Default.asp
We like The Baby Place. The Baby Place offers wonderful information on pregnancy, birth, and babies. Here is the breastfeeding area of their site: http://www.baby-place.com/breastfeeding.htm
Here is an interesting link, ProMom is a not-for-profit group that promotes the awareness and acceptance of breastfeeding. We like it! http://www.promom.org/
Here is a website that is filled with everything a parent might want to investigate. It is quite thorough and provides many links: http://www.motherstuff.com/
Hospital or Birthing Centers
Call your local hospital or birthing center for information on breastfeeding classes (which are great prior to the baby’s arrival) and breastfeeding support groups and luncheons. These are great ways to find other new nursing mothers going through a similar experience as you. Usually lactation specialists are at hand during these gatherings, which can be informative and reassuring.
