What to Expect When You're Breastfeeding and What If You Can't? - Clare Byam-Cook

I fully expected to believe what midwives had repeatedly told me: that breastfeeding would come 'naturally' to me and my son. It didn't. I tried for two weeks, had him latched on for 3 hours at time, suffered painful nipples, and feared he was not getting enough nourishment. He was progressively losing weight, and the visiting midwife--who advocated breastfeeding--was unable to help. I simply wasn't producing enough milk. I went through tremendous feelings of guilt, and after all the propaganda that 'breast is best', didn't want to give in and feed him formula. Then a friend recommended Clare Byam-Cook. She came to see us, analyzed what I was doing, watched how he ...

What To Expect When You?re Breastfeeding ?. And What If You Can?t How to feed and settle your baby and have a life of your own. Clare Byam-Cook About The Author: ?Clare trained as a nurse at Westminster Hospital and qualified in 1976. After going on to do a midwifery course at Pembury Hospital in Kent and qualifying as a Midwife in 1979??.. In 1989, Clare was approached by antenatal Christine Hill to join Hill?s Chiswick practice as her breastfeeding specialist and she has been there ever since?. It is 23 years since Clare qualified as a Midwife, and the advice in this book all seems to be about 23 years old. Things have changed ...