"Human milk is the preferred feeding for all infants, including premature and sick newborns. It is recommended that breastfeeding continue for at least the first 12 months, and thereafter for as long as mutually desired."
-American Academy of Pediatrics Breastfeeding Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk. PEDIATRICS Vol. 115 No. 2 February 2005, pp. 496-506 (doi:10.1542/peds.2004-2491)
These wonderful books are in no particular order and most are available at your local library. I recommend both the mommy-to-be and her support team become as informed as possible. These books contain not only great information, but also beautiful photographs that help familiarize the birth team with labor and breastfeeding.
by Ina May Gaskin
by Pam England, CNM MA & Rob Horowitz, Ph.D.
by Barbara Harper, R.N.
by Marshall H. Klaus, John H. Kennell, and Phyllis H. Klaus
by Henci Goer and Rhonda Wheeler
by Penny Simkin
Sheila Kitzinger
by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, and Ann Keppler
3rd edition byNancy Mohrbacher, Julie Stock, and LA Leche League International
by Jack Newman, M.D. and Teresa Pitman
by Gayle Peterson, Ph.D.
by Thomas W. Hale, Ph.D.
by Christiane Northrup, M.D.