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[ID] 111 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen Nonprofit Organization Other Areas: Mama who breastfed! [Comment] I had an unplanned (much lamented) cesarian birth of a beautiful, much celebrated baby boy. My milk was late in coming in, and if I did not have family and in-hospital lactation consultants to advise me, as well as a culture of breast-is-best in the hospital, it would have been very difficult for met to breastfeed. It is essential that hospitals maintain an educated, breast-is-best culture and that in-hospital lactation consultants are available around the clock. Our nation is way behind in paid maternity. It is best for baby, mama, and employer alike for mama and baby to be together in the first six months of life. We need extended, paid leave for mothers, to cultivate workplace cultures that welcome babies and breastfeeding, flexible policies that allow women to work from home. Breastfeeding now saves our nation a bundle in health care costs down the road. The evidence is clear. So let's promote it as the life-saving prevention medicine that it is! [Topic] 
Maternal and Infant Care Practices: Prenatal, Hospital, and Post-Delivery Care
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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