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[ID] 568 [Interest Areas] Breastfeeding Coalition Representative Concerned Citizen Lactation Professional Nonprofit Organization [Comment] Remove maternity leave as a disability and call it maternity leave again. 6 weeks is an unrealistic amount of time for mothers and babies to establish lactation and prepare for separations. The unrealistic deadline to get back to a job or school interrupts the normal pattern of establishing lactation and the mother baby bond. This often results in a belief that a mother might as well not try, beginning introducing other feeding methods and products, and increasing weaning behaviors. There needs to be an honest understanding of the unrushed TIME it takes complete the the pregnancy/birth/breastfeeding cycle...even under normal circumstances. Add an unexpected difficulty and TIME needs protected to establish good health practices in infant feeding. Take some dollars from the HUGE drive for an increase in infant child care and provide a stipend to mothers. There is a driving concern that there are not enough infant slots for child care. Well, there is a mother for every infant. Place the dollars closer to persons in the situation provide support for mother/baby pairs in these early months - 3 minimum - 6 or more ideal. Then the workforce lactation rooms and breaks will take much less perceived time away from the workplace. [Topic] 
Paid Maternity Leave
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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