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[ID] 519 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] In my experience through three pregancies and hospital deliveries, the vast majority of medical professionals who are not International Board Certified Lactation Consultants have consistently given me poor and in some cases, damaging advice about breastfeeding. They seemed unaware of some of the basic facts about lactation, unaware of some of the normal occurrences & variances that can take place, and unaware of current research concerning effective breastfeeding management. After coming into contact with these people who were supposed to be able to help but actually were unhelpful, and being made aware that this is not at all an uncommon experience among mothers, it seems that if a staff member at a clinic or hospital is going to be given the task of assisting and caring for a lactating woman and her breastfeeding baby, they actually need to be aware of how lactation works and how caring for a lactating woman and child is different than caring for a mother who is formula feeding. Medical workers who are going to be in the position of caring for nursing mothers and babies should be IBCLCs, plain and simple. Staff members who were the hospital's own [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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