Nursing Mother, Working Mother - Revised: The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding Your Baby Before and After Your Return to Work

by Gale Pryor

Book Overview

For the working mother: How to keep the breastfeeding bond between mother and child strong. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558323317
• ISBN13: 9781558323315
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Harvard Common Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A must-read for nursing mothers

This books takes the confusion out of how you're going to go back to work and nurse your baby. I recommend it to everyone - including mothers who are planning to stay home with their babies because it has useful information about any time you need to leave your baby.

for the intelligent mother

Informative without bogging you down; discusses options without condescension or proselytizing; level-headed but considerate of your emotional response to returning to work. An easy, quick read which was most helpful and encouraging. The edition I read also had a pleasing dark blue font.

Great for Any Mother, Working or Not!

I bought this book while I was still pregnant, because I was planning on going back to college very soon after my daughter was born. Due to some complications, I didn't get to go back to school, so I've been a SAHM for nearly a year. Even without me working, this book has been by far the best book about breastfeeding that I have read. It has a whole chapter that gives you the knowledge and confidence that your body can nurse your baby. Without reading that chapter before my daughter's birth, I think I would've given up on breastfeeding when it was hard in the beginning. Words cannot even express how valuble this book was to me. Without this book (and a great lactation consultant), I know I wouldn't be nursing my daughter today. This book also has some other information about breastpumps, etc that is very good, going over the pros and cons of each type. A previous reviewer talked about the information on sleeping, which is a little extreme. However, those who do not want to follow the advice don't have to. It's not the solution for everyone, but neither is night-weaning a child that isn't emotionally or physically ready. Bottom line is, I very very very strongly recommend this book, not only for moms that plan on working, but for anyone who is planning to breastfeed their baby.

Excellent for reluctant working mother!

This is a marvellous book. It has all the necessary facts about breastfeeding in an accessible format so can be used as a general breastfeeding guide, even though it is a slimmer volume than generalised breastfeeding books.I liked the emphasis on attachment parenting, and how it shows that there is a solution for someone who likes the ideas of attachment parenting and yet has to go back to work. Often the literature is divided into books that assume you really want to work, and breastfeeding and attachment parenting books that assume the mother can afford to be at home. It shows that it is possible to breastfeed long-term while working, and gives good advice on how to do it. I have been back at work 1.5 months and I found the way Gale Pryor outlined how to prepare to go back to work very helpful.I am going to buy several copies now, to give to friends and to add to my midwife's library for expectant mothers.

this book is the reason i continued breastfeeding for 6 mo !

The section that explains the benefits of convinced me to keep nursing my baby until she was 6 months old which was remarkable because I had always thought I would try it for a few weeks and then switch to formula. But when I read about how it affects the baby's brain development and immune system, I just couldn't quit. So, the tips on pumping and freezing milk as well as how to get extras were invaluable. I wish I had discovered the book earlier so I could have stored up more. It's a good quick and to the point book which is always good for parents who are so short on time ! I get this for all of my friends who ask me about nursing.