This was reported by Judy Siegel, health correspondent of the Jerusalem 
Post.
It just confirms what we always say.  When clients tell me their 
breastfeeding problems, I can tell which hospital they gave birth in almost 
without asking!
Wendy Blumfield

Subject: Hospitals influence breastfeeding decision


> Hospitals influence breastfeeding decision
>
> BOSTON (UPI) -- Hospital practices, such as supplementing newborns with
> formula or giving them pacifiers, reduce the odds new mothers will
> breastfeed, U.S. researchers say.
>
> A research team led by Eugene Declercq of the Boston University School of
> Public Health finds a significant drop-off between the numbers of mothers
> who intend to breastfeed exclusively and those who go on to fulfill that
> intention one week after giving birth.
>
> Among first-time mothers, 70 percent reported an intention to breastfeed
> exclusively but only 50 percent achieved that goal at one week, Declercq
> says.
>
> The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, finds the
> practice of hospital staff providing formula or water to supplement
> breastfeeding was significantly related to the failure to achieve 
> exclusive
> breastfeeding.
>
> Mothers whose infants were not offered supplementation were far more 
> likely
> to achieve their intention to breastfeed -- 4.4 times more likely among
> primiparas, first-time mothers, and 8.8 times more likely among 
> multiparas,
> woman who have given birth two or more times.
>
> First-time mothers who delivered in hospitals that practiced at least six
> out of seven recommended steps to encourage breastfeeding -- such as 
> helping
> mothers get started and not giving babies pacifiers -- were six times more
> likely to fulfill their intention to breastfeed exclusively than mothers 
> who
> reported experiencing one or none of these practices, Declercq says.
>
>
>
> Copyright 2009 by United Press International
>
>
>
> 

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