Breastfeeding Mothers

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United States A significant initiative to help support breastfeeding mothers and to increase breastfeeding rates in the United States, was the release of the United States Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. This stated very clear and specific steps that individuals such as health care systems, health care providers, etc. can take to help support mothers and make breastfeeding more doable for both the mother and the infant (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011).
There are a variety of ways used in the United Stated to help try and increase the initiation and duration, as well as exclusive breastfeeding. Breastfeeding should be supported during the entire length of stay at the hospital because of its direct …show more content…

100-101). It also found that professional support had a positive effect on breastfeeding duration, but was only significant at 4 months (Britton et al, 2007, p. 100-141). A randomized controlled trial was completed in Texas to determine if whether assigning first-time Hispanic mothers who were feeding their infants both breast milk and formula at 1 week old to a hospital-based breastfeeding clinic would increase exclusive breastfeeding at 1 month. Mothers within the intervention group were offered breastfeeding support from paraprofessionals supervised by a registered nurse or international board certified lactation counselor (IBCLC). The results found that the mothers in the intervention group had significantly higher rates of exclusive breastfeeding than mothers in the control group who did not receive the extra breastfeeding support (Hopkinson, Konefal, & Gallagher, 2009, p. 287-292).
Also, according to Rossman (2007) in the United States, many new mothers do not have direct, personal awareness of breastfeeding. They also may find it hard to depend on family members for reliable, accurate information and direction about infant feeding (p. 631-633). However, even though many women have a general understanding of the benefits of …show more content…

632-633). For example, peer counselors help pregnant women make informed infant feeding decisions and prepare for the breastfeeding experience. After childbirth, peer counselors provide breastfeeding information, emotional support, non-medical assistance, and referrals as needed (Rossman, 2007, p. 631-637). Working for the Women Infants and Children (WIC) Program myself, many of our agencies have a peer counseling program that have been found to be very beneficial to the success rate of the breastfeeding clients that we encounter. There is a connection that is made between the woman and her peer counselor that allows for trust and comfort which helps to build rapport. Therefore, these women are more willing to seek their peer counselors for help and guidance, which will again result in breastfeeding

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