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[ID] 737 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] Women need to be provided with materials that point out the obvious and not so obvious health benefits that breastfeeding provides to both the baby and the mother. Hospitals need to stop handing out formula bags (diaper bags with free formula samples given by the formula companies). Studies show that hospitals which do not hand out these bags have a higher rate of breastfeeding mothers when mother and baby are discharged. The mother and baby couple needs to be provided with a positive and encouraging lactation consultant. There should be enough lactation consultants on the floor so that the consultants have plenty of time to assist all mothers. They also need to be made available after the mother and baby leave the hospital in case of any troubles that may arise then, and a lactation consultant MUST be covered by insurance. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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