1511cf66_all_To_Action_on_Breastfeeding__Topic
[ID] 173 [Interest Areas] Health Care Provider [Comment] The single largest barrier to breastfeeding, in my opinion, is lack of Work and Family Balance in our culture. Women are expected to give birth and be back to work after physical recovery from the birth. Short-term disability policies reflect this, but allowing only 6 weeks of insurance to be taken after a vaginal birth. What about AFTER the baby is born? Giving birth is only a START to providing a good life for a new baby... not an end. If we want a healthy society, we MUST cultivate healthy families. Cultivating healthy families means enacting family-friendly policies such as onsite child care, ease of breastpumping at work, and MOST IMPORTANLY, flexibility for working mothers. Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and many other countries/continents have demonstrated that this works nicely! [Topic] 
Worksite Lactation Support, Onsite Child Care, and Milk Expression
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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