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> Of course women are free to disregard the recommendations, just as
>they are free to disregard clear advice to use seat belts
Just as a point of info, in the UK, the legislation - almost always
obeyed - is that seat belts must be used at all times by adults and
children.
http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/seatbelts.htm
I don't think that legislation should apply to infant feeding, but I
do think it's reasonable for healthcare professional bodies to see
infant feeding issues *not* solely as personal choice but as an issue
of social and political *enabling* - it's everybody's business,
really.
It's very simple.
Do we want a healthy population?
Do we want infants and children who enjoy their infancy and childhood
with minimum unnecessary illness?
Do we want good family relationships?
If the answer to all of these is 'yes', then we have to look at the
barriers which prevent mothers being *enabled* to breastfeed....and
one of them, sadly, is the knowledge and support that's lacking in
their HCPs. It would have been good if the AAP (which is listened to
all over the world) could have said something about infant feeding as
a clear public health issue.
Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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