PHyllis says: <<I have been told by an RN at my hospital (she worked at a hospital in the state of WA during their time of BFHI certification) that one requirement is private postpartum rooms for all or most of the mothers. True? Not true? Explanation?>> Only in America could this even be a rumor. Has anyone seen the postpartum WARDS in most other countries? And yet over 3,000 hospitals in those other countries are Baby Friendly. Only 42 in the US of A are. No, we don't need private rooms -- but we do need baby friendly staff and policies. And that, in the US of A is probably harder to come by than the private rooms. Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC Wheaton IL www.lactationeducationconsultants.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html