1511cf66_all_To_Action_on_Breastfeeding__Topic
[ID] 536 [Interest Areas] Health Care Provider [Comment] First neither medical center in our town have professional breast pumps for rent, no supplementing equipment to purchase, or a dedicated lactation consultant. The one facility that has a lactation consultant does not use her for 100% breastfeeding assistance; she is given other duties to preform. Plus she is not the most enthusiastic LC I have encountered. Neither hospital has a policy of encouraging and assisting breastfeeding mothers. There is no offer of follow-up assistance for breastfeeding. Healthy Start nurses try to assist, but they see a small percentage of the ladies delivering and trying to breastfeed. I've been told it comes down to money at the hospital...and assisting breastfeeding mothers is not a priority. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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