Anyone notice the sting in the tail of this recommendation???? A breach of the Code endorsed by the US govt??

Karleen Gribble

Australia

 

 

Recommendations 

Recommendation 1.3:  Hospitals and health care providers should use maternity care practices that 

empower new mothers to breastfeed, such as the Baby-Friendly hospital standards.  Hospitals and 

health care providers should routinely provide evidence-based maternity care that empowers parents 

to make informed infant feeding decisions as active participants in their care, and improves new moth- 

ers’ ability to breastfeed successfully   Examples of specific practices and policies include: skin-to-skin 

contact between the mother and her baby; teaching mothers how to breastfeed; and early and frequent 

breastfeeding opportunities   

Hospitals, health care providers, and health insurers should also help ensure that new mothers receive 

proper information and support on breastfeeding when they are released from the hospital 

Recommendation 1.4:  Health care providers and insurance companies should provide information 

to pregnant women and new mothers on breastfeeding, including the availability of educational 

classes, and connect pregnant women and new mothers to breastfeeding support programs to help 

them make an informed infant feeding decision. 

Recommendation 1.5:  Local health departments and community-based organizations, working 

with health care providers, insurance companies, and others should develop peer support pro- 

grams that empower pregnant women and mothers to get the help and support they need from 

other mothers who have breastfed.  Peer support networks should exist in all communities across 

the country, allowing all new mothers to easily identify and obtain help from trained breastfeeding 

peer counselors   Community organizations can foster the creation of peer support networks through 

expansion of programs like the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counseling program   They can work with local 

breastfeeding coalitions to ensure existence of other peer support networks, such as La Leche League 

groups or Nursing Mothers Councils   They can also foster the creation of mother-to-mother support 

groups in community health centers and advertise these groups, particularly as part of the hospital 

discharge process 

Early Head Start (EHS) programs that enroll pregnant women, including pregnant teenagers, can also 

support community breastfeeding networks   EHS can provide home visits and reach out to  pregnant 

and breastfeeding mothers to encourage and support breastfeeding, including by providing profes- 

sional and peer opportunities to disseminate information and provide on-going support   Funding for 

evidence-based home visitation programs in the recently-enacted Affordable Care Act96 will comple- 

ment this program 

Private companies, including those that market baby products, can also help support and promote 

these types of community supports for mothers 

 


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