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[ID] 973 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] With government-mandated paid maternity leave like the rest of the modern world enjoys, ALL women would be able to establish and maintain healthy breastfeeding relationships with their babies. Come on, seriously, even CANADA gives new moms a year off at 95% pay! It's pathetic that we're the ONLY country that has no requirements for paid maternity leave, and I believe this is a major reason why we also have such abysmal breastfeeding rates in this country. Even under FMLA, I had to use all my saved vacation and sick days in order to keep paying the bills so that I could stay home for just 12 paltry weeks with my newborn. Fortunately, we are still breastfeeding today, and he will turn 1 this week. We are LUCKY. Most women in the US never make it this far. And the WHO recommends breastfeeding for 2 years, so we still have a long way to go to get this country healthy. [Topic] 
Paid Maternity Leave
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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