My name is Mary Gannon and I've been an IBCLC for almost 10 years mostly as a hospital based LC at a large teaching hospital. I have recently started a part time job(covering a maternity leave) at a community health centre running a drop in breastfeeding clinic and encouraging initiation of breastfeeding. We have a long term goal to gain BFI status. Our hospital, in the last 2 years, has limited its follow-ups to 6 weeks. I missed "my" older babies and felt my skills were atrophying, so I searched out more experiences. As this is my first posting I apolagize if I am not following etiquette by staying on topic. At our CHC the breastfeeding initiation rate is a low 40%. My mandate is to increase this. My first request was to have an automatic visit, as LC, with every pregnant woman. I am working to create a form for prenatal assessment. I have no problem with the physical aspect of this form, what I am struggling with is creating an attitude/barrier list of questions that would assist me in undestanding and ultimatly changing these. Any suggestions are most gratefully received! Mary Gannon RN BSc IBCLC you may e-mail me off list if you prefer: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html