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[ID] 694 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] Hospitals must be truely pro breastfeeding; examples would be to not even offer formula when you know that a family only wants to breastfeed. Provide lactation consultants 24/7 in the hospital. I gave birth in a hospital on a Saturday and no lactation consultants were available until Monday. This made the whole situation difficult. My son was born 5 weeks early and could not breast feed or bottle feed. We basically had a nurse scare us into formula feeding through a tube--even though the nurse instead should have had me pump and provide colostrum instead. When we finally had a lactation consultant to help us on Monday; they were outraged (as when they had me start pumping I produced ample amounts of colostrum)that the nurses chose formula rather than have me pump. As a first time mom I had absolutely no clue. Over the next month I worked very closely with the lactation consultants as I had a intensely strong desire to breastfeed my child. I pumped and tube fed for almost a month. He will turn 2 years next week and we are still breastfeeding. I plan to breastfeed as long as he needs. I totally believe in extended breastfeeding. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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