A cautionary tale and success story all in one, here's my experience with using a nipple shield to nurse my first daughter.

When seeking help with breastfeeding, it's important to understand the meanings and qualifications associated with all of the initials and titles that various professionals and lay counselors use.

A cute gift for a nursing mom, "The Breatfeeding Diaries: Real Moms Share Their Funniest Misadventures" edited by Kate Davis, offers short, easy-to-read tales about various breastfeeding related mishaps and embarrassing moments. There's even a lesson or two hidden in there, if you're in the mood.

Whose breasts are they anyway? Breastfeeding can sometimes be a negotiation between mother and nursling, but setting some limits through teaching breast manners can extend breastfeeding through ensure a mutually rewarding experience for mother and baby.

Swaddling is an essential baby care technique that too many parents pass up due to inadequate information. Swaddling can enhance breastfeeding success and increase sleep for baby and family.

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Stimulating a letdown can be tricky business, whether nursing your baby or pumping. Here's some tips to get the milk flowing...

Do you have sore nipples that seem to come and go over time without an obvious reason? It could be related to ovulation or other event in your menstrual cycle.

Many mothers ask me if and how they can feed on only one breast per feeding? Discusses when this might be appropriate and how to give it a try.

Signing with your breastfed baby is a fantastic tool to maintain the close, attached connection begun by breastfeeding as your child moves from babyhood into toddlerhood.