>Wonder what the difference in peer support and LLL peer support 
>means?  My LLL experience over 38+ years says differently!  Also no 
>mention of pre-BF education and support.  I know it makes a 
>difference when moms come before the birth of the baby to LLL 
>meetings.  Gee I wish I had time to do research :-(  Pat in SNJ


It would be really useful if basic peer support worked  without 
antenatal input - we will never get to a situation where all mothers 
come when still pg to a meeting held by a volunteer organisation. 
Only about half of all first-time mothers in the UK come to any 
antenatal classes - even if we could somehow get the same number to 
come to bf meetings, there is no way the necessary number of 
supporters could be trained to handle all these extra customers!

I think peer support has an element of creating acceptance of bf 
within a community - changing the climate, if you like, making bf 
normal where it has been abnormal for about 40-50  years.

If the only way peer support works is to see mothers before the 
birth, and then a zillion times afterwards,  we are sunk.

In fact, this study shows a zillion visits make no difference - maybe 
yet another visit in pg would work, but maybe we'd have to have fewer 
afterwards.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

(and a big Yay! for Lactnet's award, BTW!)

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