Hi Ilene Look into having your hospital get Baby-Friendly designation (WHO initiative here in the US). It involves extensive staff education and training. It will get all your staff nurses on the same healthy, evidenced based page! That's what the breastfeeding moms need in a hospital - evidenced based practice. It's hospital practices that have been found to really sabotage breastfeeding. Cleaning up the hospital practices can really help moms and babies get off to a healthy start. The hospital I work in did such staff education and training, are on the cusp of Baby-Friendly designation, and our exclusive breastfeeding rates jumped 20% over the two year training period. Get the staff up to speed and do less head-banging! :) Marie Farver *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome