When I taught childbirth classes, I talked about "the importance of 
breastfeeding" in each class. When we talked about pregnancy 
adaptations, I talked about how the breasts begin to develop early, 
because human milk is so important to the baby's immature immune, 
nervous and digestive systems. When we talked about the newborn, I 
talked about how breastfeeding helped the baby transition to 
extrauterine life - keeping body temp up, helping regulate heart rate 
and respiration, comforting the baby from the hard work of birth, etc. I 
found an excuse to slip in some important function of breastfeeding in 
every class, so that by the end of the series, everyone "got it" that 
breastfeeding was important and the artificial stuff could not compete. 
I also slipped in lots of information on making bf work in the real world.

Make sure that you put in "process" issues (good facial development, 
immune crosstalk) as well as "product" issues to avoid moms who just 
want donor milk or to exclusively pump by choice.

Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC

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