The Breastfeeding Survival Guide: How to feel confident looking after your baby (and yourself)

'This is the book I wish I’d had during my own breastfeeding journey.' – Sophie Harris, postpartum and motherhood therapist @looking_after_mum'This book is a great resource for expectant parents and parents breastfeeding or pumping. It’s easy to read and ideal for referring to throughout your entire feeding journey.' – Ruth Watts @ahealthvisitorYou're looking after your baby ... who's looking after you?Feeding your baby is supposed to feel natural – but for so many of us, it doesn't. Between the hormones, birth recovery and the pressure to 'get it right', breastfeeding can feel overwhelming, isolating and impossibly hard. Enter Danielle Facey, The Breastfeeding Mentor, with this no-judgement, evidence-based guide to help you start – and end – your breastfeeding/pumping journey feeling fully informed and supported. The Breastfeeding Survival Guide will help you:Feel confident about your choicesUnderstand and navigate the challenges of establishing feeding, and overcome common problemsPlan your return to work if you want to keep breastfeedingWean your baby or toddler in a gentle way when it's time to stopWhether your breastfeeding journey lasts three weeks or three years, this book will remind you that you're not alone – and that your needs matter too. With warmth, wisdom and heart, Danielle helps you not only survive, but thrive.

When you’ve just had a baby, it feels like everyone around you is suddenly telling you what to do – particularly when it comes to how to feed your newborn.

It’s a highly emotional time of hormonal flux and sleep deprivation, and you can feel like a total novice if your ‘mother’s intuition’ seems to be on the blink. Learning how to feed your baby can be an unexpectedly challenging experience, and has a profound impact on a mother’s mental health and sense of self-worth. Enter The Breastfeeding Mentor, Danielle Facey, with this no-judgement, evidence-based guide to help you start – and end ­– your breastfeeding/pumping journey feeling informed and supported.

In The Breastfeeding Survival Guide, you''ll learn how to:

• Take care of yourself whilst breastfeeding
• Feel confident in your decisions
• Introduce breastfeeding boundaries (including night weaning)
• Navigate life as a nursing or pumping mother returning to work
• Wean your baby or toddler off the breast completely, in a gentle and responsive way.

Packed full of research-led guidance, and infused with Danielle''s characteristic warmth, empathy and honesty, mums will no longer feel alone, and will be able to feel confident and empowered to make the right choices for them and their wellbeing, to ensure that both mum and baby are thriving.

• | Author: Danielle Facey
• | Publisher: Ebury Publishing
• | Publication Date: Aug 07, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781785045639
• | ISBN-10: 1785045636