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- Breastfeeding and Returning To Work
- Breastfeeding Difficulties - Baby
- Breastfeeding the High-Risk Newborn
- Breast Milk Collection and Storage
- Breast Milk Expression
- Breast Milk Expression - Helpful Equipment
- Breast Milk is the Best Milk
- Effective Breastfeeding
- Effective Sucking
- Flat or Inverted Nipples
- Getting Started
- Ineffective Latch-On or Sucking
- Insufficient or Delayed Milk Production
- Mastitis
- Plugged Milk Ducts
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Breastfeeding Your Baby
Breastfeeding Your Baby
Choosing how to feed your baby is an important decision that has lifelong effects for your baby and for you. What you have seen and learned about infant feeding from your family, friends, and teachers is likely to influence your attitude and perceptions. Whether you definitely plan to breastfeed or you are still uncertain, the research is pretty clear. Your milk is the best milk for your baby, and it is the ideal first food for your baby's first several months.
Listed in the directory below, you will find additional information regarding breastfeeding your baby, for which we have provided a brief overview.
If you cannot find the information in which you are interested, please visit the Pregnancy & Childbirth Online Resources page in this Web site for an Internet/World Wide Web address that may contain additional information on that topic.