In a message dated 1/2/2004 10:26:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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The authors say that, particularly
in the first few days after the birth, provision of support for breast
feeding should be routine rather than depend on a call for help.
Dear Friends:
    This is the key part of breastfeeding suppport, particularly in the USA,
where there is such an emphasis on independence. We can't expect women to call
us; while some will, a majority will just 'solve their own problem' and wean
or suffer.
    There is a study where a  nurse was available for over a thousand (I
think it was 1500) patients who had gone through a surgical procedure. The nurse
called everyone, and her number was available for everyone to call. Only 9
people called for help; everyone that she called was glad for a call.
    It is a huge mistake to expect a new mother to remember where our phone
number is, or to retrieve it from the pile of papers that she goes home with
from hospital. We have to be calling her.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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