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[ID] 360 [Interest Areas] Health Care Provider [Comment] Here in LA my mainly Latina prenatal patients all state that they will breastfeed. We use CenteringPregnancy as our model and focus a lot of time on breastfeeding. Invariably, they return at 6 weeks postpartum and are supplementing with formula. They tell me their babies are stared on formula in the hospital setting and they then feel encouraged to use formula as it is supplied through WIC. The message they get is that if they hospital and WIC give you formula than it must be healthier for their babies. We need baby friendly hospitals that do not routinely supplement and we need WIC to change the message it gives by paying for formula. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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