I just wanted to say I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Sears books and wish I'd found out about them while I was pregnant! (I'm a little late on this, I didn't get 'into' AP until after my son was born. I'll 'blame' LLL, lol, a *lot* of the moms in the group here are into this kind of stuff and I still attend meetings even though I quit pumping just because it's the only place where there's people who don't think I'm crazy for things like not feeding my baby refined sugar junk, questioning vaccines, and sleeping with my baby!) I think I could've avoided my bf'ing problems entirely if I'd read the breastfeeding book and planned out what to do in case of a problem...I never knew you could possibly not be able to bf.
Dr. Sears' books also reassured me that everything I went through emotionally not being able to bf, being upset at all the time pumping took away from just bonding, was NORMAL. (which I already thought it was, but this was reassuring) The hospital LC's tried to say I had PPD, I didn't. I was spending a few *hours* a day (8 sessions at least of 15-20 minutes) UNABLE to be with my son....when we are all 'programmed' by the hormones following childbirth to want to do nothing other than be close to our babies! Anyway that's my reason I think everyone should read dr. sears.