Patricia Young wrote:
>  It's the separation
> rather that being an integral part that send the wrong message.
Oh, Amen sister!  When I taught childbirth classes, I integrated bf into
everything.  Adaptations to pregnancy: discussed breast changes and the
importance of human milk to the human baby.  Labor meds:  effects on
bf.  Stages of labor:  effect of bf on birth of the placenta and
postpartum bleeding.  I also brought along my own nurslings and bf
discreetly while teaching the class, so they had living proof that you
did not need to sit home in a white nightgown in a glider/rocking chair
to bf.  Had about at 90% bf initiation rate.
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Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC  mailto:[log in to unmask]