Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding

By: Ina May Gaskin

Narrated by: Margaret Strom

Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Drawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women, mothers, and babies, Ina May Gaskin explores the health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding and gives you invaluable practical advice that will help you nurse your baby in the most fulfilling way possible. In this book you'll find answers to virtually every question you have on breastfeeding, including topics such as:

• The benefits of breastfeeding
• Pumps and other nursing products
• Medications
• Nursing multiples
• Weaning
• Sick babies
• Nipplephobia
• And much more

Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding is filled with helpful advice, medical facts, and real-life stories that will help you understand how and why breastfeeding works and how you can use it to more deeply connect with your baby and your own body. Whether you're planning to nurse for the first time or are looking for the latest, most up-to-date expert advice available, you couldn't hope to find a better guide than Ina May.

©2009 Ina May Gaskin (P)2016 Tantor

Fantastic!

I read Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth during my pregnancy, and just finished listening to this book at 30 days postpartum. With my first child breastfeeding was simple, but with this one it’s been very challenging. This book gave me the confidence & knowledge to continue to dedicate what my baby & I need to be successful. Thank you Ina May!

extremely comprehensive, but one thing wrong. ..

the bad:
there was one thing I didn't enjoy, the chapters are not labeled with titles so you're really left in the dark regarding which chapters discuss what topics, which makes it hard to reference back to specific information.


the good:
loved this book from beginning to end. the content was fantastic, and informative. This book serves a springboard from which to build a foundation when you're first starting out learning about breastfeeding. she touches on a lot of resources so you can further build and even offers very detailed guidance about latching and any arising concerns. i definitely recommend it to both new mom's & experienced moms.I would venture to even say dads should listen because there's a lot of useful information for them too. I just finished it but will need to go through it a few more times because it's just that jam packed with information.

A great resource for getting context

I found this book helpful to listen to in my first weeks of breastfeeding my first babies, twin boys. I loved learning about the history and biases our culture has as well as techniques and illnesses to look out for.
The only thing I disagreed with in her book was on nutrition. For nutrition I look to Sally Fallon Morell‘s “The Nourishing Traditions book of Baby and Child Care”

Overall I love Ina Mays books for the numerous stories she shares. She is a valuable wisdom keeper from her decades in midwifery.

I really learnt a lot!

Great information, really happy I decided to listen to this audio book!

I think it is helpful if you want to breastfeed, and if you have any limiting beliefs about it.

Very pro-breastfeeding

Enjoyed learning about breastfeeding, showcasing all the benefits of breastfeeding and why it should be a practice to be brought back to the 21st century. Author stance is strongly against formula so may make some mother's feel bad if they do. We live in a world where we do not have the conditions necessary for breastfeeding and formula feeding might have to happen. I understand the author's efforts to bring the practices back to enable higher rates of breastfeeding, but might be unrealistic in this modern world we live in and may leave some mother's feeling guilty about bottle-feeding.

Highly recommend

I found this to be a great resource. It covers many other topics relating to caring for newborns that I found very insightful.

A Must Read

this was incredible book for not only current or expectant mothers but women of all ages as well as any medical professional or curious interested party. Great information on breastfeeding.

Lots of touching stories and valuable info

I think it would be useful to reference back every few months after baby is born. enjoyable.

Very informative!!!

I was very happy with this book and learned a lot more than I even thought I already knew. Highly recommend this book!!

Incredibly educational, fundamental!

One of the best books ever. Every single person should read this book, specially if you are pregnant, will have a baby, have a baby, or as the father of a baby.
I wish more people knew about this book!