Tricia Shamblin posted about how parents are asked about feeding
preferences before they give birth, but may end up using a different
method, and this can mess up the official records.

I have long advocated that nobody should be asked that question while still
pregnant. Unless a very definite preference for artificial feeding is
voluntarily expressed, it should be assumed that the baby will be breastfed
- which is, after all, the normal way for mammals to feed their young. This
avoids the answer  being "put down in writing," because once that happens
it may be thought to be *official* and to be difficult to change. If you
are not quite sure about something, then being asked to choose can lead to
making an arbitrary choice. The tendency is to go with what you are most
familiar, and if you happen to know more people who formula feed than who
breastfeed then...

More useful questions are,
"What have you heard about breastfeeding?"
"What would you like to know about breastfeeding?"


Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
Breastfeeding Matters in the Capital Region
Website: www.NormaRitter.com
Facebook: facebook.com/BreastfeedingMatters
IBCLCs empower women and save babies' lives!
See how skilled IBCLC care differs from other breastfeeding help:
http://massbreastfeeding.org/landscape/

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