While homebirth mothers do tend to breastfeed at a higher rate and for
longer than many mothers, nationally they represent about 1% of annual
births in the US.  Even though there are pockets of greater numbers of home
births in some states, it is highly unlikely that there is actually a major
significance in missing the info from this group.
Melinda

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Marsha Glass
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:41 AM
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Subject: CDC Stats


Valerie has questioned the accuracy of the stats from the CDC regarding
breastfeeding rates.  A colleague of mine here in the Hoosier state also
questions it but from a different perspective.  She is quite involved in
the home birth movement and says that many mom who homebirth do not have
their children vaccinated, or at least not on schedule.  The numbers of
homebirths in our state in a year are significant enough to skew those
stats since most of those moms will breastfeed.  They would thus not be
reflected in the stats because they are not vaccinating their kids,
which is where the CDC is gathering their data.  Anyone else want to
comment on this?  My sense is that this would be true in every state,
with some states having higher homebirth numbers than others, hence some
states more skewed than others.

Marsha, who would like to believe that our breastfeeding rates are
higher (we're near the bottom on every chart!) but it's not what I'm
seeing in my community.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Marsha Glass RN, BSN, IBCLC~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future
generations as all other earthly causes combined.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~John S. C. Abbot~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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