I need to vent! After a day at work where 50% of the woman who expressed a desire to breastfeed on hospital admission are now almost exclusively bottle feeding, and 25% of the other “breastfeeding Moms” have supplemented, it makes me wonder what I can say to them when I make rounds.  I do want to respect their mothering and choices (as misguided as they are) and not come across as a breastfeeding fanatic. I do the standard education on supply and demand, and baby’s needs, and how it changes the gut, and listen to their concerns or reasons for bottle feeding. Most of the nurses give good education and assistance, we have prenatal breastfeeding education in place.  Can we really change their mind, once they start with bottle feeding and their baby is sleeping for many hours? Is it the culture, the times, the women? Frustrated in Florida







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