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[ID] 864 [Interest Areas] Community Organizer Concerned Citizen Health Care Provider Lactation Professional [Comment] Prenatal care should include breastfeeding information presented as a health care choice, not merely a feeding choice. All the emphasis is placed on the birth rather than care for the infant. The delivery takes hours, breastfeeding benefits last mother & child a lifetime. Infant formula should be provided by prescription. Hospitals should have resources in place to provide each post partum couplet with in patient & out patient access to breastfeeding assistance. Policies should support & reinforce the breastfeeding pair and providers, especially the pediatricians should be required to complete ongoing continued education in terms of new research on breastfeeding. Hospital beds should be configured to allow moms & babies to sleep together, skin to skin as desired. [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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