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"Tina Crowgey, MT(ASCP), childbirth educator" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 May 1997 21:37:03 -0400
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Our community hospital (250-300 births per year) has a published
breastfeeding rate at discharge of 50-60% with most quitting within the first
6 weeks.  Estimates of
post-6 weeks breastfeeding are around 10%.  I would like to submit a proposal
for
improvement to the staff and providers to improve those rates and need some
assistance with the how-to aspect. We do not have a LC on staff and part of
the proposal will be for the hospital to provide payment for training of a
nurse (or me!) as a LC.

So, my questions:
What are your breastfeeding rates at discharge? at 2 weeks? post 6 weeks?
What do you do to keep moms from quitting? or to put it another way, to keep
them motivated to continue breastfeeding.
Is there a support program that works for you?
Are your baby docs breastfeeding-friendly?  If not, how do you "educate"
them?

Tina Crowgey, M.T.(ASCP), childbirth educator

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