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Official policy in the UK is that at ante-natal classes, midwives and
health visitors can only discuss bottle feeding with mothers on an
individual basis. In a seperate room, and one-to-one, and only if the
mother requests it: it's not 'offered'.
Well at least, that was the policy 3 years ago, when the issue was
raised in my own ante-natal classes.
Not that it matters much, since the actual midwife/HV ante-natal classes
have since been cancelled due to budget cuts.
Well, it matters in principle... after all, in principle, the UK Gov
supports breastfeeding...
Morgan Gallagher
Linda J. Smith wrote:
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> Paced bottle-feeding is a therapeutic intervention sometimes used to
> establish or restore direct breastfeeding. When taught to individual mothers
> who NEED that information, it's not a violation. When a video of
> bottle-feeding, paced or not, is shown to a whole group of women (most of
> whom won't need that information,) it becomes a violation.
>
>
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