1511cf66_all_To_Action_on_Breastfeeding__Topic
[ID] 442 [Interest Areas] Health Care Provider Lactation Professional [Comment] As long as our government continues to purchase formula for give away, the encouragement for feeding at the breast will be undermined and fail in the groups who need it the most. Breastfeeding is not only a feeding method, the best in my opinion, but it is also the glue for mother/baby bonding and father/baby bonding. But it takes education, encouragement, and no other back up plans. If you think you can do something another way, or have a way out, then the other way ends up winning. Education is the start but free anything is worth the taking, and why not, IT IS FREE. Mom's don't have to do anything to get free stuff for their new baby except put their hand out. Feeding at the breast is a stigma to some cultures, negative and positive. We need to focus on the positives of breastfeeding and stop giving away the free formula and raise our expectations of new moms, dads, grandmas, sisters as supporters of the natural way to nourish our young. All other animals do it without question and so should we. [Topic] 
Other Areas
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
Topic