<< I wonder how anyone can know this,.....4%, 5%, what a bunch of
nonsense.....>>

this would be very difficult to study, so many variables, a challenging
project for experienced practitioners. these particular numbers reported at a
conference by Neifert, were based on one particular research study (n=319)

<<.....especially in North America, where hospital routines are capable of
making even a woman capable of nursing triples "fail".>>

in this particular study reported, "the preventable - often remediable -
breastfeeding difficulties" were placed in a group: "secondary insufficient
lactation", and =~11%

Debbie

Deborah Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway
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