Below is a link to a Medscape article about the success of a breastfeeding  
program in San Jose, CA hospital's NICU.  The article described a poster  
presentation done at AAP conference in October and showed having all NICU 
staff  on board with the program was a large part of the reason for increased  
breastfeeding rates upon discharge.  Though part of the program was  
promotion of breastfeeding for a year, I was disappointed that statistics for  this 
were not included in the article.  Does anyone have access to AAP  poster 
presentations that may have more complete information?
 
So kudos to this NICU and its staff.  Also of interest are related  
articles listed to the right of this one about breastfeeding in the NICU, and  
teaching bottle feeding mothers how to bottle feed.
 
_http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/711690?src=mp&spon=9&uac=29367EG_ 
(http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/711690?src=mp&spon=9&uac=29367EG) 
 
Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC


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