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Kathleen Huggins

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Health, Mind & Body, Parenting & Families

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For more than twenty-five years, Kathleen Huggins, R.N., M.S., I.B.C.L.C., has dedicated her medical career to helping mothers care more effectively for their newborn babies. A registered nurse with an M.A. in perinatal care from the University of California at San Francisco, Huggins has spent the past two decades as a perinatal clinical specialist and board-certified lactation consultant at San Luis Obispo General Hospital in California. During this time she co-directed Breastfeeding Warmline, a telephone counseling service for nursing mothers. Huggins has also worked as a college instructor of fetal-newborn development, and has lead seminars on a variety of topics related to perinatal care and breastfeeding.

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Books by Kathleen Huggins

Average rating: 4.00 · 1,098 ratings · 229 reviews · 17 distinct works

	The Nursing Mother's Companion 4.06 avg rating — 914 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning - Revised: How to Bring Breastfeeding to a Gentle Close, and How to Decide When the Time Is Right by Kathleen Huggins, Linda Ziedrich (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 68 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Nursing Mother's Companion 4.09 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Nursing - The First Two Months 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	25 Things Every Nursing Mother Needs to Know by Kathleen Huggins, Jan Ellen Brown 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	New Lives: Nurses' Stories About Caring for Babies 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Nursing Mothers Companion 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Nursing Mother's Breastfeeding Diary by Kathleen Huggins, Jan Ellen Brown 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	The Nursing Mother's Companion (EasyRead Large Edition): 5th Edition 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The nursing mother's companion by Kathleen Huggins, Ruth A. Lawrence (Foreword) 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005	My rating:

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“Independance grows out of a child's faith that her source of security will always be there when she needs it.”
― Kathleen Huggins, Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning - Revised: How to Bring Breastfeeding to a Gentle Close, and How to Decide When the Time Is Right

tags: children

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“But the overwhelming number of mothers who think they have too little milk have babies who are taking plenty of milk and are gaining weight well. These mothers have based their conclusions on misinformation or a misinterpretation of their babies' behavior.”
― Kathleen Huggins, Nursing Mother's Guide to Weaning - Revised: How to Bring Breastfeeding to a Gentle Close, and How to Decide When the Time Is Right

tags: breastfeeding

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