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[ID] 992 [Interest Areas] Breastfeeding Coalition Representative Concerned Citizen Health Care Provider Lactation Professional [Comment] Our hospitals need to encourage, support and help mothers initiate breastfeeding by asking every mother if they would like to put their baby to breast or pump, even if it is just for a few days. Often this is enough to get a mother to continue to breastfeed. I have seen it too many times where a woman gives birth and her baby has to go to an NICU,(for instance) and noone gets her a pump and it will be a day or two before she starts pumping and subsequently her supply never gets to where it needs to be, nor does it last often. We need to, as a society, expect that every mother is going to breastfeed, and bring in formula only when asked to by the mother. Currently we do it the other way, assume she is formula feeding and only when asked by the mother for help with lactating does she than get assistance. Women need to know how much better breastmilk is for their child and if they did not get any education before they gave birth, it is the responsibility of the delivery and post partum nurse and doctors to educate and support alll women in the quest to get all babies breastfed, even if it is for a short time. If any of us were posed the question; [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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