1511cf66_all_To_Action_on_Breastfeeding__Topic
[ID] 682 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] In my experience with maternal and infant care in through ob-gyn's as it relates to breastfeeding there is not enough support or encouragement through the ob-gyn's for mothers to breastfeed even when they are determined to do so. The doctors/nurses send the baby's off to NICU so many times and do not promote the mother baby nursing bond that is essential in the first hour after birth to make nursing a learned practice for the baby so that it is not so difficult for the mother. The nurses should not be putting pacifiers and bottles in baby's mouth and instead giving baby to mom so she can breastfeed. Doctors need to stop giving out formula and act as though it is the norm to bottle feed. A plan to breastfeed for fifteen to twenty minutes after the birth should be enacted so that the baby has nursing down pat and then mom and baby can get cleaned up and baby returned to mom for more nursing. If the first hour goes by and the baby does not nurse, he sleeps through the most important learning time and from then on it is much more difficult for both baby and mom. Doctors/nurses need to have this on the front of their minds after baby is out of mom's belly. Lansinoh is a huge help. It should be on hand and given to mom to put in her nipples so it does not hurt. Nursing also helps mom's uterus contract so it stops the bleeding and she does not need pitocin etc..... so if she nurses right after birth the benefits are: baby learns to nurse and this makes long term nursing possible and likely and easier, mom's uterus contracts and she stops bleeding and begins to recover from birth immediately which eliminates hemmorhaging possibilites etc...... [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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