http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/new-study-addresses-hospital-practices-and-breastfeeding-rates Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/new-study-addresses-hospital-practices-and-breastfeeding-rates/comment-page-1#comment-1127 mrs spock Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:58:34 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4817#comment-1127 I wonder why access to lactation consultants isn't really addressed. So many hospitals have a small group of consultants to manage all the needs of postpartum moms, NICU moms, and outpatient support. What you get are 5-15 minutes visits each day, and then clinics that aren't open on weekends or only open for a few hours each week. I was so angry that when I was having thrush/vasospasm issues I had to wait 2-3 days to see someone, and could never see the same person more than once due to the anemic schedules. I wonder why access to lactation consultants isn’t really addressed. So many hospitals have a small group of consultants to manage all the needs of postpartum moms, NICU moms, and outpatient support. What you get are 5-15 minutes visits each day, and then clinics that aren’t open on weekends or only open for a few hours each week. I was so angry that when I was having thrush/vasospasm issues I had to wait 2-3 days to see someone, and could never see the same person more than once due to the anemic schedules.

]]> http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/03/new-study-addresses-hospital-practices-and-breastfeeding-rates/comment-page-1#comment-1117 Jen Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:13:45 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=4817#comment-1117 I was a first time mom who wanted to exclusively breast feed but during my 3 day stay at the hospital after my c-section my son was given formula several times. Also, the nurses had no idea how to help me learn to breastfeed or to help my son figure it out either. They were very rough with him, trying to force his face down onto my breast and hold it there even though he would scream and cry. This was in Canada, btw. I was a first time mom who wanted to exclusively breast feed but during my 3 day stay at the hospital after my c-section my son was given formula several times. Also, the nurses had no idea how to help me learn to breastfeed or to help my son figure it out either. They were very rough with him, trying to force his face down onto my breast and hold it there even though he would scream and cry. This was in Canada, btw.

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