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I currently have a mom on our unit who wanted to pump and bottle feed EBM
to her twins for 2 weeks, but was discouraged from doing this by a nurse.
(Arrrgh!) Reasons cited were that babies wouldn't get any added benefit for
this short period of time, and that mom would have a higher risk for
engorgement and infection. Apparently I need to do some staff education.
Now I'm wanting a handout that would go something like this:
"If you breastfeed for 3 days:
Baby benefits:
Mom benefits:
"If you breastfeed for 1 week:
Baby benefits:
Mom benefits:
"If you breastfeed for 2 weeks:
Baby, Mom...etc etc...
All the way up to 2 years and beyond.
I believe that this phrasing is positive, even though it is not really giving
breastfeeding the credit as norm.
Does anyone know of such a handout? Or if not, can you point me to sources
where this info is already broken down into weeks/months? If I end up writing
one of my own I'll be glad to share!
Thanks,
Julie Conaway, RN, BSN, IBCLC
Rolla, MO, USA
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