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The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk Review

Great resource for helping mothers increase breastmilk supply
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The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk Review (The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk)
The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk
Credit: Diana West, BA, IBCLC and Lisa Marasco, MA, IBCLC
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Manufacturer:   Diana West, BA, IBCLC and Lisa Marasco, MA, IBCLC
Juliet Spurrier, MD
By Juliet Spurrier, MD ⋅ Mom-in-Chief  ⋅  October 26, 2015

Our Analysis

Written by co-authors and expert lactation consultants Diana West and Lisa Marasco with a foreward by Martha Sears, RN, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk is officially recommended by La Leche League. Published in 2008, it is a compilation of lactation research (published in 2008) with helpful, straightforward suggestions on how to increase supply.

A few helpful dietary galactagogues are fenugreek and blessed thistle contained in Organic Mother's Milk Tea by Traditional Medicinals and oatmeal included in Milkmakers Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies.

Diana West, IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant in private practice and author of Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery.

Lisa Marasco, M.A., IBCLC, is a board certified lactation consultant both in private practice and for WIC and contributing author to the Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice.

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  • Easy to read and understand
  • Provides many suggestions and helpful information

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Meet Your Guide

Juliet Spurrier, MD
Juliet Spurrier, MD
Mom-in-Chief
Dr. Juliet Baciocco Spurrier is a board-certified pediatrician, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), mother of two, and founder of the Baby section of GearLab. Juliet earned her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Anthropology and Italian Literature from the University of California at Berkeley and her Medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington DC. She completed her pediatric residency at the Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR, and subsequently practiced pediatrics in both the Pacific Northwest and... read more