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[ID] 316 [Interest Areas] Health Care Provider Lactation Professional Nonprofit Organization [Comment] Incentives for hospitals to participate in the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative will help support breastfeeding. Particularly important are not offering anything to a breastfed baby unless medically indicated. This needs to be clarified as many babies on day of life 2 are needlessly supplemented with bottles of formula because their weight has dropped 7% which is considered acceptable. Hand expressed colostrum can be spoon-fed to the baby instead of formula in a bottle which can cause difficulties in latching on to the breast. Formula introduction is also harmful as it permanently changes the infant's gut flora. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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