scrawls.

scrawls

still cheaper than therapy*

17.3.08

(fwd) For your expecting friend:

http://www.kellymom.com
*Very* helpful website with lots of good advice for many situations. This is where i always look first (in fact, i'm looking at their info on starting solids right now...) . How to get a good latch, ways to increase milk production, foods to avoid, how to work and breastfeed, and also information on nighttime parenting and nutrition and postpartum depression and many other things.

http://www.llli.org/resources.html?m=0
la leche league, which also has information. They can be strident and opinionated, but still very helpful. I think the website has links to breastfeeding groups worldwide for lactating moms' meet-ups.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=breastfeeding+latch&search_type=
Also - i was surprised by this - there are a lot of breastfeeding videos on YouTube, showing how to know when you have a good latch, different positions, et c. I found the videos helpful - like having a lactation consultant in your computer :)

http://www.askdrsears.com/
Kind of - what am i looking for - commercial. But still good. Heavy on the attatchment parenting, but i'm okay with that.

http://www.askmoxie.com
A mom's blog, with great archives and good advice and many people's experience in the comments. Plus you can write in and ask questions.

Tell your friend, good luck - for me, it hurt a good bit at the very beginning; after about two weeks it just stung a bit at the very beginning when Erica latched on, and then hurt for a minute or so; and by the time she was two months old it didn't hurt at all. But everyone's experience is different and she may be fine right from the start :) I find that i have more milk when i drink more water (this is important for working and pumping, mostly) - i'm also still taking a multivitamin (Elevit) and an omega-3 supplement and eating lots of fish when i remember to. (We eat pretty healthy anyway.) But i also down regular coffee and i have a drink when we go out to dinner. And i was lucky in that i am pretty sure breastfeeding helped me lose all the baby weight and then some. :)

There are also lots of books (LLL publishes one, also strident, also helpful) on the topic - i'm sure your friend will find plenty of resources :) cheers!

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