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[ID] 806 [Interest Areas] Breastfeeding Coalition Representative Lactation Professional Nonprofit Organization [Comment] As an IBCLC, my job is to provide education, information, support and encouragement to breastfeeding mothers and babies. It's so frustrating when I offer accurate, current, evidence-based information to my clients, but they are reluctant to believe my information when their pediatrician or OB provides conflicting information that is outdated, opinion-based, and usually detrimental to the breastfeeding relationship. I am required by my certification to remain current in breastfeeding information, yet doctors are allowed to go around spewing whatever thoughts or ideas they scrounged up. Many health care providers are biased toward formula feeding and push formula when breastfeeding problems arise, rather than urging the mother to get help with her breastfeeding problems. Doctors really need to get on board with the AAP, who urges mothers to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months, etc. Add in the WHO code as it relates to the marketing of breast milk substitutes, and we would have a much healthier USA. [Topic] 
Health Professional Education, Publications, and Conferences
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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