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[ID] 770 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] Training of professionals in all of these areas in regards to breastfeeding is horrible. After only a few months into breastfeeding as a first time mother it became very apparent that all of the people who medically cared for us knew less about breastfeeding (technique, problems and growth of breastfed babies) than I did. I live in an area where it is more accepted, so I shudder at the tales of women who don't. The care industry is supported and coddled too much by formula companies. Formula is too readily available and care providers don't seem to be able so voice their risks to patients. Formula samples are given all the time, but where are the breastfeeding materials? Our care providers should be voicing the true order of infant feeding: 1. At the breast. 2. Expressed milk from mother. 3. Expressed milk from donor. 4. Formula. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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