Wendy, your point is very valid and this is why our one hour class is 
geared to surviving the hospital stay. We tell mom such things as how to 
latch on properly because they get such incorrect information. We tell 
them about avoiding bottles unless "medically necessary" because they 
are pushed to give bottles. We talk about diaper counts and weight loss 
or gain so they can understand how intake is important. We talk about 
how active sucking means milk transfer means abundant bowel movements 
because so many have childbirth interventions and sleepy babies. We talk 
about stomach size because the nurses are feeding such large amounts on 
day one and two by bottle. We talk about the baby's instincts and 
abilities because no one else tells them this and what little 
information they do get is contradictory to mother nature. We have come 
to see that focusing on advantages is not as important as the basics of 
breastfeeding because they all know BF is best but they don't know how 
to breastfeed.

Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC

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