In einer eMail vom 20-12-01 21:24:39 West-Europa (standaardtijd) schreibt
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> Rachel wrote:
> >The head nurse told us the next day, 'We don't even ask about
> their feeding plans.  We assume they will breastfeed and take it from
> there.'
>
> Well, there we are! As my husband said the other day, "Mothers do not choose
> betweeen breast and bottle. They choose NOT to breastfeed, because
> breastfeeding is the default."

Right, and if is nothng is asked, many moms will just do what is expected.
In discussions about ''the choice'' and that some moms  (almost 30% of Dutch
moms that is) do ''choose'' to bottlefeed and that health care personel
cannot change that, I sort of routinely state that bf rates in Scandinavia
(which are great modelling countries for us in Western Europe) are almost
100% because the question just is not brought up, but moms are assumed to
want to breastfeed.

Gonneke van Veldhuizen
IBCLC, LLLL, MOM
Hillensberg, Germany

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