Diane

I do talk, briefly, about why to breastfeed in my prenatal 
breastfeeding classes.  I acknowledge that the families are obviously 
aware of some of the things that breastfeeding can do for moms, 
babies and families otherwise they wouldn't have enrolled in the 
class.  Then, I pass out cards with brief research statistics on them 
(I believe Linda Smith has developed some of these cards, but it's 
pretty easy to make your own, too).  I've made enough of the cards so 
every mom/couple has 5-6 cards to look through.  I ask them to look 
through their stack of cards and find something that was new 
information to them.  Then I ask if anyone has one that they think is 
particularly interesting that they want to read out loud and share 
with the rest of the class.  Sometimes I elaborate on the statistics 
that have been read, other times I just ask if anyone has any 
questions about the research.

In making the cards, I just list 1-2 brief sentences summarizing the 
key point and I include the citation. I try to keep them updated as 
new studies come out.  The families in my classes seem to really 
appreciate the research aspect of it.  I try to keep the whole 
exercise to 5-10 minutes (but sometimes they really get into it and 
it takes more time than I anticipated)

Hope this helps.
Laura Mundt

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