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[ID] 949 [Interest Areas] Lactation Professional [Comment] Working with women in the immediate post partum unit, I find it so very obvious that the majority of knowledge a woman has about breastfeeding has been received by her own (active or passive) doing. They either pursue literature, classes, website ed, etc. or they have learned via family/friend experiences and stories. I feel that prenatally the caregivers are extremely lacking in providing good education re. what to expect with breastfeeding. It seems as though they are asked during their pregnancy how she plans to feed her baby, breast or bottle, and they check the box. This is a prime time, 9mos of time, to help a mom know what to expect as a norm with breastfeeding. When we see them after 32hrs of labor, birth, and up for a day and a half learning to care for a new baby, the education window is pretty much closed. We, as a country and society have done moms and babies a disservice in taking away a healthy, normal feeding pattern and substituted it with plastic and milk-in-a-can. So, now, women need help from their careproviders (ob/gyn's, nurses, midwives, pediatricians, LC's) to learn what the aunts, neighbors and grannies would teach women years ago before the formula makers came into existence. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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