1511cf66_all_To_Action_on_Breastfeeding__Topic
[ID] 802 [Interest Areas] Other Areas: Nursing Student & Mother [Comment] In my opinion, the ten most important actions, that must be taken immediately, to promote breastfeeding in the U.S. are: 1. Allow mothers and babies, unless a medical emergency occurs, to spend the first hour after birth together. 2. No infant should be given supplemental sugar water or formula, unless the mother requests it. 3. Preemie babies need breastmilk and human contact as much as, or more than, full-term babies. Hospitals should be required to allow these best-health practices. 4. The c-section rate must be lowered! Mothers who deliver by surgical means, statistically, have a harder time with breastfeeding. 5. Mothers should not be sent home from hospitals with bags of formula samples! 6. Eight weeks of paid leave plus four additional weeks of unpaid leave should be given to all new mothers. 7. Fathers should be given two weeks of paid paternity leave; this would allow for new mothers to have support during the crucial first days of breastfeeding establishment. 8. Every state should have laws protecting mothers' rights breastfeed in any public place they have the right to be in and should be able to take legal action if this right is suppressed. 9. WIC programs should discontinue the practice of giving free formula to women who are capable of breastfeeding. This is a waste of taxpayers' money and is unhealthy for the mothers and babies who receive this [Topic] 
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