Liquid Gold: Troubleshooting breastfeeding issues during baby's first month

By Diana Tahir

Welcoming your baby to the world is a joyous occasion, and what better way to do so than by giving baby the best start in life by breastfeeding? This little book aims to expel common breastfeeding concerns that arise in those first few weeks by showing you step-by-step how to approach the issue and giving you time-tested solutions. Written by Dr Diana Tahir, a WHO-certified breastfeeding advisor and a mother of three including one cleft lip child for whom she had to exclusively pump for, and a three-year-old and a newborn who tandem-fed. She shares her solutions that have worked on herself and in her experience with mothers in the postnatal wards and clinics.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Diana Tahir
• Release date: Apr 15, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370104376

Diana Tahir

Dr Diana Tahir is a passionate breastfeeding advocate. She is in her fourth year of training to become a paediatrician and encounters many breastfeeding concerns on the job. Being a working mother of three, she had to pump through 28-hour shifts for all of her children and successfully tandem-fed her second and third children (now five and two - the youngest still breastfeeding). She also had to exclusively pump for her first child who had a cleft lip and palate. Breastfeeding may seem like hard work, but it is the best kind of hard work and completely worthwhile!

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LIQUID GOLD: Troubleshooting breastfeeding in the newborn period

By Dr Diana Tahir, M.D.

Copyright © 2017 by Diana Tahir

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher.

This book is dedicated to all mothers out there. No journey as a parent is ever simple, and no sacrifice is ever overlooked.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Why consider breastfeeding?

How to get started

Problem #1: How soon after delivery do I feed my baby?

Problem #2: My new baby won’t feed!

Problem #3: How often do I need to feed my baby?

Problem #4: I don’t have any milk!

Problem #5: How can I tell baby is getting enough milk?

Problem #6: I can’t get my milk out!

Problem #7: My baby won’t latch!

Problem #8: Is my baby having nipple confusion?

Problem #9: Help! I have cracked nipples!

Problem #10: My baby is not gaining weight

Problem #11: I don’t know how to improve my milk supply

Foreword

I have always been a fan of breastfeeding. Having breastfed my elder daughter until she was 5 years old (not that I recommend that, but she was very, very hard to wean!) and my younger daughter to age 2 years (still