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[ID] 528 [Interest Areas] Health Care Provider Lactation Professional [Comment] The Southeastern US is documented as having some of the lowest rates for continued breastfeeding. Factors that we see contribute to this problem are advertising through the OB offices where mothers's names are given to formula companies, limited support by OB offices prenatally in encouraging breastfeeding for at least 6mons., weak labor and delivery practices about early and sustained contact between mother and baby skin to skin (documented as of high importance to extended breastfeeding), and no insurance coverage for lactation consultants who can help after the mother leaves the hospital. Thank you for this opportunity. We wish you the best in seeing these types of things through. Greensboro Childrens' Doctor, Greensboro, North Carolina [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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