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Diane
I do talk, briefly, about why to breastfeed in my prenatal
breastfeeding classes. I acknowledge that the families are obviously
aware of some of the things that breastfeeding can do for moms,
babies and families otherwise they wouldn't have enrolled in the
class. Then, I pass out cards with brief research statistics on them
(I believe Linda Smith has developed some of these cards, but it's
pretty easy to make your own, too). I've made enough of the cards so
every mom/couple has 5-6 cards to look through. I ask them to look
through their stack of cards and find something that was new
information to them. Then I ask if anyone has one that they think is
particularly interesting that they want to read out loud and share
with the rest of the class. Sometimes I elaborate on the statistics
that have been read, other times I just ask if anyone has any
questions about the research.
In making the cards, I just list 1-2 brief sentences summarizing the
key point and I include the citation. I try to keep them updated as
new studies come out. The families in my classes seem to really
appreciate the research aspect of it. I try to keep the whole
exercise to 5-10 minutes (but sometimes they really get into it and
it takes more time than I anticipated)
Hope this helps.
Laura Mundt
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