Lactation Lessons From Leanna 

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​ABOUT MY BOOK
Lactation specialist Leanna Sexton has written the ultimate breastfeeding book. It has everything you need to know about lactation, but it’s different than the rest. Instead of writing it like a novel this book has been written in lessons similar to a Q&A. Nobody wants to have to flip through hundreds of pages to find the answer to their question. Flip to the organized detailed outline in the beginning of the book and easily be able to find the topic you have in mind. It’s extremely organized. It’s easy to read. Information is clear and straight to the point. Lists are bullet pointed for quick referencing. This book will bring clarity to all your lactation questions.
 
WHERE TO BUY IT
1.) You can buy it on Amazon here. 
2.) Ask your local bookstore if they have it in stock. They may be willing to order it for you. That's a win win for everyone. You wouldn't have to pay shipping. It helps the author a lot because it lets bookstores nationwide know about the author and their books. It also stimulates your local economy by supporting businesses in your area. 
3.) You can also ask your local hospital with a maternity unit if they carry it in the gift shop. 

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WHY BUY IT
If you want to breastfeed, a good breastfeeding book can be your breast friend to teach you all you need to know. Breastfeeding is natural, but that doesn’t mean it comes easy to everyone. The more you learn ahead of time the more prepared you will be. This book answers all the questions about how to breastfeed, how to pump, how to store your milk in the fridge or freezer, how long breast milk is good for, how to deal with common breastfeeding problems, and much more. Breastfeeding is so healthy for babies and mommas. Learn all about the health impact and how to succeed at meeting your breastfeeding goals. Check out the detailed outline below to see every topic in the book. This book isn’t like all the other breastfeeding books. Most breastfeeding books are written like a novel that you have to flip through hundreds of pages to find your answer. This book is written as lesson plans that are straightforward, easy to read, and easy to follow. If you read a chapter a day, you’ll finish the book in less than a month. Or if you only want to read about a certain subject, it’s easy to find. Scroll on down to see the table of contents and detailed outline.
 
THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ch. 1 Choosing breast milk ….. page 1
Ch. 2 Breastfeeding myths ….. page 16
Ch. 3 Nutrition ….. page 22
Ch. 4 How milk changes ….. page 38
Ch. 5 How to breastfeed ….. page 43
Ch. 6 Pumping, storing milk, and bottle feeding expressed milk ……………………………………………………………..page 59
Ch. 7 Breastfeeding multiples ….. page 77
Ch. 8 Feeding a premature baby ….. page 80
Ch. 9 Breastfeeding and working outside the home ….. page 83
Ch. 10 Baby blues and postpartum depression ….. page 90
Ch. 11 Bumps in the breastfeeding road ….. page 94
Ch. 12 Supplementation and choosing a formula ….. page 117
Ch. 13 Relactation ….. page 140
Ch. 14 Induced lactation to breastfeed an adopted baby …..page 142
Ch. 15 Lactating after a loss ….. page 144
Ch. 16 Support and culture ….. page 147
Ch. 17 Co-sleeping ….. page 155
Ch. 18 Feeding solids ….. page 161
Ch. 19 Tandem nursing ….. page 167
Ch. 20 Weaning ….. page 169
Ch. 21 Your lactating body ….. page 171
Ch. 22 The lactating wife ….. page 180
Ch. 23 Other uses for breast milk ….. page 189
Ch. 24 Resources ….. page 196
 
A DETAILED OUTLINE OF THE BOOK
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Ch. 1 Choosing breast milk

• Mommy wars – do not judge how a woman feeds her baby
• What is in breast milk?
• What is in formula?
• A baby’s need for breast milk and how it affects their development
• The benefits of breastfeeding for the baby’s health, momma’s health, your relationship with the baby, financial benefits, and more
• The pros and cons of exclusive breastfeeding
• The pros and cons of breastfeeding and bottle feeding pumped milk
• The pros and cons of exclusively pumping and bottle feeding
• There are no “benefits” to breast milk because it is the biological norm
• The risks of formula feeding
• The pros and cons of using formula

 
Ch. 2 Breastfeeding myths

• Regarding how often you should breastfeed
• Regarding how much milk they need
• Regarding milk supply
• Regarding breast size
• Regarding mother’s age
• Regarding tattoos and piercings
• Regarding giving water
• Regarding pacifiers
• Regarding preparing your breasts
• Regarding pain
• Regarding sleep
• Regarding alcohol, medications, and illness
• Regarding spoiling your baby

 
Ch. 3 Nutrition

• Introduction to nutrition
• Nutrition during pregnancy
• Nutrition during lactation
• Can you have caffeine?
• What you should not eat
• What you should try to eat more of
• Staying hydrated
• The nutrition Baby gets from your milk
• Breast milk lays the foundation for how your baby’s body should function
• Breast milk never loses nutritional value even after Baby turns 1
• The nutritional benefits of breastfeeding your toddler

 
Ch. 4 How milk changes

• Your breasts may begin “leaking” milk while you are still pregnant
• Colostrum vs. mature milk
• When your milk will “come in”
• Foremilk and hindmilk
• The milk ejection reflex AKA a letdown
• Illness protection
• Milk just right for that baby at that age at that moment
• Milk changes throughout the day and night
• Flavors from your food
• Milk changes colors
• Breast milk is different for boys and girls
• More milk from one breast than the other

 
Ch. 5 How to breastfeed

• Preparing for breastfeeding
• Dressing for nursing
• Nursing bras
• Positioning
• A good latch
• Unlatching
• Sucking patterns
• Do you have to feed from each side at every feeding?
• How often Baby will eat at different ages
• Feeding cues
• How to encourage a baby to want to eat
• The breast crawl at birth
• Successfully initiating breastfeeding after birth
• Tips for breastfeeding after a c-section
• Establishing a good milk supply from that first day
• How much milk they need
• Maximizing milk transfer
• How to know your baby is getting enough
• Signs of a good feeding
• Burping Baby
• Setting up a nursing station
• Needing to sit and breastfeed when you have older kids to take care of
• Breastfeeding outside your home
• Breastfeeding or bottle feeding in the car
• Nursing in public
• To cover or not?
• Breastfeeding while babywearing  

 
Ch. 6 Pumping, storing milk, and bottle feeding expressed milk

• Hand expression
• When do women need a breast pump?
• Choosing a breast pump and the right breast shield (flanges)
• How to use a breast pump
• When should you pump? How often?
• How to get the most milk out of a pumping session
• Storage containers options
• Storing expressed milk: fridge, freezer, and deep freezing
• How long is milk good for?
• When your frozen milk smells soapy
• Can I combine milk from different pump sessions?
• How to thaw breast milk
• How to warm the milk
• Giving expressed milk, how to bottle feed (safety guidelines, positioning, and bonding)
• Getting Baby to take a bottle
• Nipple confusion
• Which bottles are best?
• Which nipples are best?
• What about pacifiers?  

 
Ch. 7 Breastfeeding multiples

• You can breastfeed multiples
• Tips for twins
• More than twins?

 
Ch. 8 Feeding a premature baby

• When your baby is born early
• Breast milk is medicine for preemies and sick babies
• Nursing in the NICU
• What to do when your baby can’t latch and suckle yet
• When you start to feed at the breast
• Little milestones go a long way
• Feeding your preemie after you bring them home

 
Ch. 9 Breastfeeding and working outside the home

• The condition of maternity leave in America
• When is the best time to go back?
• Pumping at work
• Informing your boss of your need to pump
• Laws protecting breastfeeding mothers
• Discrimination
• Working fewer hours for more breastfeeding time and family time
• Child care arrangements and breast milk 
• Traveling without baby
• Military moms

 
Ch. 10 Baby blues and postpartum depression

• Baby blues
• Postpartum depression
• D-MER (dysphoric milk ejection reflex)
• Getting help
• A note to family members and friends

 
Ch. 11 Bumps in the breastfeeding road

• Low self-confidence
• Lack of adequate education
• Breast tenderness
• Sore and cracked nipples
• Engorgement
• Mastitis
• Lumps and bumps
• Lesions and rashes
• Discoloration 
• Not making enough milk
• What can decrease supply
• How to increase your supply
• An oversupply of milk
• Overactive let down
• Tongue tie and lip tie
• Flat and inverted nipples
• When to use a nipple shield  
• Smoking cigarettes while breastfeeding
• Drug addiction and breastfeeding?
• How medications affect your milk
• Frequent nursers
• Nursing strikes
• Niplash
• Teething and biting
• Thrush
• Slow weight gain
• When to call in the lactation health professional

 
Ch. 12 Supplementation and choosing a formula

• When can a baby not have breastmilk?
• When can a woman not breastfeed?
• When do you need to supplement with donor milk or formula?
• Donor milk from milk banks
• Milk sharing
• Safety concerns
• Supplementation methods (at breast, cup, spoon, syringe, bottle)
• How to supplement and what not to do 
• Weaning off supplementation
• Short term supplementing vs. long term supplementing
• Supplementing with formula vs. using formula exclusively
• Choosing a formula

• Be thankful for the existence of formula
• A history of the creation and progress of formula    
• Types of formula: readymade, concentrated, and powdered
• Dairy based formula vs. soy
• Specialty brands for babies with allergies or a medical condition
• Homemade formula
• The need for healthier formula!
• What to look for in formula
• Recommended brands
• Clean water: tap water, boiling water, and bottled water
• Safety precautions
• How to use formula
• Drying up your milk if you are exclusively formula feeding
• A note on formula marketing globally
• Ban the bags movement

 
Ch. 13 Relactation

• What is relactation?
• Can you bring back a full supply?
• Methods to relactate

 
Ch. 14 Induced lactation to breastfeed an adopted baby

• You can breastfeed an adopted baby?!
• How to induce lactation without being pregnant first
• How much milk you may make
• Breastfeeding or bottle feeding pumped milk once you have your baby

 
Ch. 15 Lactating after a loss

• Lactating after a stillbirth
• Continuing to lactate after infant death
• Donating your milk
• Drying up your milk supply

 
Ch. 16 Breastfeeding support and culture

• Finding a pro-breastfeeding obstetrician and pediatrician
• Professional lactation support
• Supportive family, friends, and groups
• Breastfeeding in different cultures
• Handling criticism
• The law is on your side, breastfeeding mothers are protected
• Breastfeeding is a public health issue
• Breastfeeding in natural disasters and emergency situations

 
Ch. 17 Co-sleeping

• Safe sleeping
• Sleep training dangers
• Stop swaddling
• Easing night time feeding

 
Ch. 18 Feeding solids

• When to introduce solid foods
• What foods your baby can eat
• What foods not to give your baby
• A complimentary feeding vs. a supplementary feeding
• Breast milk first, solids second
• How often to feed your baby solids
• How much solids to feed your baby at different ages
• Making sure Baby is getting proper nutrition
• Introducing table food
• When to start letting babies feed themselves
• When to start giving a cup
• Tips for feeding baby when you are out and about

 
Ch. 19 Tandem nursing

• Breastfeeding while you’re pregnant
• Feeding your newborn while still nursing an older baby
• The weaned toddler who wants to nurse again

 
Ch. 20 Weaning

• How long should you breastfeed your child?
• When should you wean?
• How do you wean?

 
Ch. 21 Your lactating body

• Changes in the shape and feel of your breasts
• Your body will change
• Losing weight while breastfeeding
• Getting your period back
• Getting pregnant while breastfeeding
• Breastfeeding friendly family planning

 
Ch. 22 The lactating wife

• Are your breasts for Baby or Hubby?
• Daddies bonding with Baby without bottles
• The marriage bed or the family bed?
• Coping with lack of sleep
• Libido during lactation
• Intimacy with your husband
• Breastfeeding and sharing custody

 
Ch. 23 Other uses for breast milk

• Medicine for preemies and sick babies
• Donating your milk to a mom or milk bank
• Treating infections in all ages
• Complimentary cancer treatment
• Stem cells in breast milk 
• If you’ve got extra 

 
Ch. 24 Resources

• Social media
• Websites
• Books
• Breastfeeding classes
• Support groups
• Finding professional help