Rachel says,
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Even  here we are seeing more medicalization of birth and there is still no
clear  standpoint from Baby-Friendly on the impact of birth practices on
breastfeeding, only on practice from birth onward.  Plenty of people who
work with Baby-Friendly are more than savvy enough, it's the stated
acknowledgment of how this makes our job more difficult I'm longing  for.
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This is why my lecture is on the 11 Steps to Baby  Friendly and has been
for years.  Breastfeeding begins before birth -- it  begins with the decisions
that are made regarding HOW the birth process is going  to take
place....from induction to medication to epidurals to C/Sections to  separation after
birth before that first breastfeed is accomplished to "eyes and  thighs" --
etc etc.  And why hasn't step 4 been officially revised to talk  about skin
to skin after birth UNTIL that first breastfeed is  accomplished?

Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Wheaton IL



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