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[ID] 337 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] Expectant mothers need to be given thorough information on the benefits of breastfeeding and - even more importantly - the drawbacks of formula. That is to say, rather than explain that breastfeeding can decrease childhood diabetes, the public needs to know that feeding formula actually increases childhood diabetes. The way we word things now (breastfeeding benefits) actually makes formula feeding the 'norm.' No formula samples or bottles should be given at the hospitals, except in extreme cases where nursing is actually (not theoretically!) impossible. Newborns who are not in need of immediate emergency care should be given immediately to their mothers, placed on her bare chest and allowed the opportunity to discover her breasts and latch on by themselves. The infant should be allowed to continue to nurse at will. This skin-to-skin contact should be allowed and encouraged for as long as the mother desires, baring medical emergency. Baths, weighing, etc. can wait at least until after the first good sleep together. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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