If there was one breastfeeding book that you would buy which would it be

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I am expecting dc2 in July and would love to successfully bf, I tried to unsuccesfully with dd but had to put her on formula for a couple of reasons. This time i want to be prepared, i contacted the NCT bf counseller who was very helpful and would like a useful book for me to read to help me. I think that also i had supply issues and would like to increase my supply, though i was demand feeding dd i dont think she was getting enough from me, the latch was good too. Is there any natural remedies i could try? I heard that one of the side affects of one of the medical drugs cant remember the name, increases risk of cardiac problems which in the long run is not worth it really.

I wouldn't worry about increasing your supply before it happens, just feed as often as you can in the first few days.
I haven't read any books that's I'd recommend, just the MN archives!
Congratulations on your pregnancy by the way

and I found the NHS issued stuff was quite good as well, the pregnancy book or whatever it;s called

The "womanly art of breasfeeding" from La Leche is good but I got most of my help from here (thanks tiktok) and from the kellymom website

Looking back on the early stages with both mine I think the thing to realise is that it is not breastfeeding that is hard but dealing with peoples expectations (including your own) about what life with new baby should be. My dd fed every 40 mins in the first few weeks and all my family went on and on about the quality of my milk. Made me feed v. crap. But it was just the way she wanted to feed. Once I realised that we were fine

thanks very much Stealth, I just want to be more prepared, the bf counsellor was very good and helpful.

La Leche's The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding is one of the key books I think. You might find it good to read antenatally but there are others (and some to avoid, for example!!) Is there an NCT Bumps and Babes near you? They sometimes have a library to save you splashing out the cash. Oh and the new NHS pamphlet is good.

Good luck with everything

Thanks everyone for all your help, will stop worrying about it for the moment, i am going to do things a bit differently this time though like having less people staying in my house, as i have been there before its not all new which is good.

Womanly Art of Breastfeeding would be my choice but that's because I love the LLL philosophy.

I really hope it all clicks for you and your baby.

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i am the world's worst bfer and had a keech supply but hobbled my way through a few months each time. this site was great for the video clips so that you can see when (if, in my case) they're feeding well.

there are heaps of things you can get to help your supply, but cross that bridge when you come to it. next day delivery is a great thing.

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding is fantastically detailed - I got a lot of useful stuff out of it even though I don't think it does match my philosophy (it's quite attachment-parenting oriented).