>If our rate were only 50% I'd be doing handsprings down the hallways!  Our
>intention to breastfeed rate is extremely high - 90% or more - but I'd bet
>98% get a least a little formula while they're staying with us.  Most moms
>decide to put their babies in the nursery at night and there goes exclusive
>breastfeeding.  The story is usually along the lines of you/I need to get
>some rest.  It is very discouraging.

One approach would be talking with or doing a mailing to local childbirth
educators about the problem.  If mothers go into the hospital knowing about
"the nurses who'll tell you you'll rest better", when it happens, instead of
thinking, "Oh, what a good idea," they might think, "Oh, yeah, my childbirth
instructor told me this might happen..."  Childbirth educators probably
aren't familiar with the longterm implications of that one bottle...

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, she of the rose colored glasses in Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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