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.
 
Breast Milk is the Best Milk
 
Getting Started
 
How Milk is Made
 
Effective Breastfeeding
 
Effective Sucking
 
Breastfeeding Difficulties - Mother

Sore Nipples
 
Insufficient or Delayed Milk Production
 
Low Milk Production
 
Flat or Inverted Nipples
 
Plugged Milk Ducts
 
Mastitis

Breastfeeding Difficulties - Baby

Ineffective Latch-On or Sucking
 
Slow or Poor Infant Weight Gain
 
Mismanaged Breastfeeding
 
Over-Active Let-Down

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