Product Description
The best-selling The Nursing Mother's Companion, now in its fully-updated fifth edition, will help you get off to a good start and guide you through the early months, covering all the basics of breastfeeding and including easy-reference "survival guides" for quick problem-solving. Since its original publication in 1986, more than 1 million nursing moms have relied on this classic guide. Breastfeeding has major benefits for both you and your baby-- it provides the best nutrition (according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization), it saves money (on sick-baby doctor visits and formula and bottles), and it creates a unique bond between you and your child. Breastfeeding is not always easy, but with proper guidance and encouragement, you can overcome almost any challenge you may encounter and continue to breastfeed for as long as you choose.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 107 reviews)

There is a reason it is titled "companion" by Becky Baker

5 Stars
November 05, 2009
This book was very helpful with nursing issues. Other books devote a chapter or a few pages to nursing, this is a whole book! I keep it on my end table where I nurse and refer to it all the time. Great buy.

Wonderful Resourse for New Moms by J. Fortmuller (Richmond, VA USA)

5 Stars
November 01, 2009
This book helped me so much as I was learning to care for my newborn. It's a great resource, very informative without being pushy. Also gives good references for more information on feeding solids as the baby grows - I bought "Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense" by Ellyn Satter, on Hudgins' reccommendation, and that has also been a wonderful resource.

imforative by C. Hurtado (Madras Oregon)

5 Stars
October 24, 2009
Very imformative. Helped me out alot as a new mother dealing with a micr preemie. How to store the milk etc.

My standard new-mommy gift of choice! by Erin K. Simons (Central Indiana)

5 Stars
October 15, 2009
This has become my standard new-mommy gift of choice. It is absolutely the best resource for nursing mothers out there today. The author Kathleen Huggins gives good practical advice without being preachy, and offers tutorials and troubleshooting to help any new nursing mother along. I had just about every problem you can encounter nursing my first child, and this book never left the rocking chair I used to nurse him -- a day didn't go by for weeks that I wasn't using it to look something up. It's informative, educational and full of reassurance, which is something every new mother needs.

Must Have for Nursing Moms by New Mom

5 Stars
October 04, 2009
Nursing is natural, but NOT intuitive. So glad I bought this book, not that I read it front to back, but there were definitely sections that helped me trouble-shoot and provided the support, recommendations, and reassurances that I needed to get me through the trials of nursing my baby.

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