Ro, My heart goes out to you. I have (several years ago) worked in a
hospital like you describe and I found it very distressing. Improvements
were made, slowly, slowly and now I hear from friends still working there
that they have come a long way. Persistence and consumer pressure were the
things that seemed to work eventually. Here in Oz the paediatricians in the
postnatal wards don't have a lot to do with breastfeeding so it was mostly
my peers I was battling. Maybe some educational sessions for the midwives
(is that what you call them/us over there?) might see changes from that
level that the paediatricians would find difficult to control.
Good luck and look after yourself - it's a long road ahead :-y
Denise Fisher
Brisbane, Australia