We do everything we can to support breastfeeding in our NICU, including early Kangaroo care, dry breastfeeding, early true breastfeeding, lactation consultants to help mothers establish and maintain a good milk supply to make transition to the breast more likely, etc. Still, almost no preterm infant is fully breastfeeding at discharge. In the USA, no insurance company is going to wait for an infant to be fully breastfeeding before discharge. In addition, most USA mothers do not spend all day, every day with their infants - much as we wish they would. It is very frustrating for me and the LCs and the nurses, but until we change the very basic social status of mothers in the USA, nothing will change. Nancy Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP *********************************************** 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 email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html