A huge thank you to publishers Pinter and Martin who have made this giveaway possible. Pinter and Martin are Lactivist.net site sponsors so please make it worth their money by checking out their site, they are a small publishing company and well worth a look.
This is a competition for Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding.
Ina May is an incredible woman. Her book Spiritual Midwifery held me together through my pregancy and helped me believe in myself, despite midwives and doctors who seemed to believe pregnancy was an illness and the baby a growth to be removed in clinical conditions.
Pinter and Martin is an independent publishing company founded in 1997 by writer and filmmaker Martin Wagner and childbirth educator Maria Pinter. They publish authors who challenge the status quo. While they specialise in psychology and pregnancy & birth, they also publish other subjects, but only books which are very close to their hearts.
This is what people have been saying about Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding
“Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding is the latest jewel from Ina May Gaskin, the Queen of Modern Midwifery. In her trademark no-nonsense style, Gaskin teaches the basics—how to hold your baby and facilitate a good latch—and offers solutions to a slew of breastfeeding problems, from thrush to tongue-tied infants. In addition, there are sections on nursing multiples, working outside the home, and even how to handle what she calls “nipplephobia”—evidence of our society’s disapproval of public breastfeeding. (Bantam Books, October 2009). —MotheringIna May Gaskin has done it again. Full of information and insight, this page-turner of a book is a must-read. What a great baby shower gift! The book covers everything from the basics of breastfeeding to sleeping arrangements, to nursing twins, to what to do when babies get sick, to weaning, to eradicating nipplephobia and creating a breastfeeding culture. The appendices and resources at the end are also extremely helpful. —Amazon Review Is this like all the other ‘Breastfeeding Guides’? Definitely not! I wanted to be impressed that the latest and greatest research was included such as ‘Biological Nurturing’ and it was. The book is so well written it’s like having Ina May right there beside you every step of the way helping you learn the skills of breastfeeding and dealing with societies un-baby-friendly views about breastfeeding. Can’t think of anything that hasn’t been not only covered but solutions offered. —Amazon Review”
To enter the draw for a brand new copy of Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding:
Leave a comment below telling us your best breastfeeding advice, if you are not yet a breastfeeder don’t worry there are other ways to enter……..
- You can earn more chances in the draw by letting other people know about it.
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- You must let us know where you have told people in the comments otherwise we won’t know how many entries to allocate you. And you must tell me if you sign up to the newsletter, or if you are already signed up so you can have an extra entry.
- This prize draw is only open to people in the UK, sorry!
- The winner will be chosen using random.org
- You must leave your comments before midnight on the 31st January 2011 to qualify.
Wearing your baby will help maintain your milk supply.
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Breastfeeding problems have breastfeeding answers – don’t be persuaded otherwise!
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Wear your baby! Wear you baby as much as you can. Baby wearing saved my sanity, allowed me some freedom while still having my baby as close to me as possible. It got me through two huge bouts of mastitis and a mean case of thrush. And, I believe, it has helped my daughter to become a very engaging, funny, and expressive child, even though she’s not talking… yet!
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Watch the baby not the clock.
If you wish to breastfeed and don’t get the support to do so, keep searching until you find someone who does.
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This is a bit of a cheat, but I want to share the list that was created by my local LLL group:
my local LLL group
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My best tip for breastfeeding is to get yourself comfy first with a cup of tea and something to do (book, magazine, telly, laptop), and then see the time as not only a great bonding with baby opportunity but also a fab excuse to put your feet up and have some me-time
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My tip would be not to give up and ask for help if needed.
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Make sure you have a couple of plump pillows or cushions to hand. Not only does it make you more comfortable, it takes away the weight of a baby. A baby may not seem heavy but you certainly notice after resting him/her on your arm for an hour.
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