From leading midwife and the author of Ina Mays Guide to Childbirth comes this deeply compassionate and comprehensive guide to making breastfeeding a joyful experience for both mother and child.

Drawing on her decades of experience in caring for pregnant women, mothers, and babies, Ina May Gaskins newest book explores the health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding. Inspiring as well as informative, Ina Mays Guide to Breastfeeding is a powerful and practical guide filled with helpful advice, medical facts and real-life stories that will help mothers understand how and why breastfeeding works and how they can use it to more deeply connect with their children and their own bodies without fear, inhibition, or embarrassment.

"Ina May Gaskin is an international treasure. Her new guide to breastfeeding is the best thing ever written on the subject. A must-have for all pregnant women interested in the best start for their babies. Christiane Northrup, Author of Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom