San Antonio College Library

"Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding: Protecting the Mother and Baby Continuum is an essential resource for all who work with mothers and newborns. It spans both developed and developing countries, making it an important text for global policy setters for whom the goal of keeping childbirth as natural as possible and ensuring that both mother and newborn are ready to optimally breastfeed, is of paramount importance."--BOOK JACKET.

Written for women who struggle with scary thoughts and the healthcare professionals who treat them, this book provides a resource for consumers and clinicians who must confront these negative cognitions by outlining what these thoughts are, why they are there, and what can be done about them.

Working mothers today confront not only conflicting demands on their time and energy but also conflicting ideas about how they are to behave: they must be nurturing and unselfish while engaged in child rearing but competitive and ambitious at work. As more and more women enter the workplace, it would seem reasonable for society to make mothering a simpler and more efficient task. Instead, Sharon Hays points out in this original and provocative book,...