1511cf66_all_To_Action_on_Breastfeeding__Topic
[ID] 141 [Interest Areas] Other Areas: childbirth educator [Comment] Birth practices effect breastfeeding, I would encourage an action plan to include the benefits of continuous support in labor, including doulas, freedom of movement and the use of comfort techniques and other non-pharmacological approaches to ease the discomforts of labor, shorten labor and reduce the mother's need for epidurals and interventions that often lead to a cascade of interventions that make breastfeeding establishment more difficult. Many of these are summarized in the Lamaze 6 care practices for normal birth and Childbirth Connection's Evidence-Based Maternity Care Report http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10575 and their soon to be released Quality Matters Action Plan. It is time that birth and breastfeeding action plans work together to solidify the continuum of optimal MotherBaby care. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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