A review by bruinuclafan
The Nursing Mother's Companion, 7th Edition, with New Illustrations: The Breastfeeding Book Mothers Trust, from Pregnancy Through Weaning by Kathleen Huggins

2.0

I wanted to give this one star, but to be fair, there ended up being some information that is fairly helpful. The problem with this book is that it is cloaked in a straight-up propaganda, pseudo-science, pro-breastfeeding agenda. Your doctor gives you advice that isn't optimal for breastfeeding? Ignore it! Survivor of sexual assault and feel weird about breastfeeding? Get help, but get over it because breastfeeding is best for your baby. Feeling lonely as a working mother on maternity leave? Go to a La Leche League meeting (because obviously you want to meet with because on the basis of breastfeeding and nothing else). And on and on and on.

It's sad because I do think there was helpful information in this book. I knew nothing about breastfeeding and it is helpful to know just how much goes into it. I just could never really trust whether what I was hearing was accurate. The portion at the end about nutrition was surprisingly good.

I do not recommend this book.