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Project References
Other Interesting Reads
Books:
"The Nursing Mother's Companion" by Kathleen Higgins
"The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (8th edition)" by La Leche League
Websites:
Breastfeeding Information:
www.breastfeeding.com
Breastfeeding (Dr Hale):
www.infantrisk.com/category/breastfeeding
Healthy Children:
www.healthychildren.org
Parenting and Breastfeeding:
www.kellymom.com
Stanford Breastfeeding Education:
http://newborns.stanford.edu/breastfeeding
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