Last night before I dropped off to sleep, I heard this on the radio.... I
found the report online today so it seems I wasn't dreaming...:)
Have a good weekend, all,
Judy LeVan Fram,PT, IBCLC,  Brooklyn, USA


http://wcbs880.com/kids/local_story_303155342.html

CBS
 Lactation Experts
November 6, 2003
Oct 30, 2003 3:50 pm US/Eastern
NEW YORK (WCBS) Pediatricians recommend nursing your baby for at least six
months. But there are plenty of women who think they won't last six minutes.
Enter the lactation consultant, who'll teach new mothers everything they need to
know about nursing but were too sleep-deprived to ask. And she makes house
calls. The number of American women who breastfeed is on the rise, and in the
year 2000, 68 percent were at
least partially nursing when they left the hospital, compared to 27 percent
in the year 1970.With this increase, women have been turning to lactation
consultants in record numbers. Teaching breastfeeding as a profession began only 18
years ago, but since 1995, the number of consultants accredited in the United
States by the international board of lactation consultant examiners has
doubled, to more than seven thousand. Many are nurses or other Health
professionals.

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