Hi Michele!

Welcome at Lactnet.

YOu'll find some European (as in Dutch and Norwegian) breastfeeding rates
at the following site: http://www.zvb.borstvoeding.nl/indexIE.html Click on
" Borstvoedingscijfers' and some figures will show up.

Maybe this is a start.

Renate RIetveld, IBCLC
Rijswijk, The Netherlands

At 08:56 7-9-00 -0400, you wrote:
>This is my first mailing to LACTNET.  I am an R.N. and certified childbirth
>educator. I also teach prenatal breastfeeding classes at a small community
>hospital. I am an ILCA member (recently attended the conference) and
>aspiring IBCLC hoping to take the exam next July.  I am writing as part of
>an assignment for an internet graduated course on Breastfeeding and Human
>Lactation. The assignment is to compare practices by a short survey of folks
>from different countries to compare different rates of breastfeeding,
>birthing practices such as epidurals, c-sections. I'd appreciate hearing
>from anyone with knowlege on this subjectin or outside the U.S. Feel free to
>email me privately. Thanks.
>Michele Griswold R.N., B.S.N., C.C.E.
>
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