>
> Third, I think many first-time mothers are so overwhelmed by their
> anticipation of labour and birth that they don't think a lot about
> breastfeeding. They may want to do it, but they may not have done a lot of
> planning because it's hard to really imagine it until the baby is actually
> born. These are the mothers who need more help, not less.

I think Teresa makes a very valid point.  I remember thinking this exactly
when I was pregnant with my first.  I remember skipping the breastfeeding
chapter in the book because I figured I could learn about that later.  I was
so focused on labor that I couldn't cope with anything else.

I always suggest to pregnant women that they take their breastfeeding book
with them to the hospital so they can refer to it while they are there.

Kathy

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Kathy Koch, BSEd, IBCLC
Great Mills, MD
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"Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one
determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger
desires."- Marcelene Cox

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