Although breast-feeding receives strong support from physicians, recent focus groups
conducted for Health Canada found that it still faces roadblocks because some new mothers …

Study design A survey was sent to 1,200 fellows of the American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists; 397 practicing obstetricians responded. Results Obstetricians who were …

Over half the women studied at this centre who attempted breast-feeding had switched to
bottle-feeding by six weeks postpartum. More educated or wealthy women fared no better …

Background: Although low socioeconomic status and African-American race have been
shown to be risk factors for low rates of breastfeeding, maternal reasons for selection of …

We are succeeding in promoting the start of breastfeeding. Why are we not able to support
continued breastfeeding? One of the possible explanations is lack of appropriate instruction …

Lack of teaching about breastfeeding in nursing and medical schools has resulted in
mothers receiving inconsistent and inaccurate advice from health care professionals. New …

Although there has been a resurgence of breast-feeding in the last decade, 50% of women
discontinue exclusive breast-feeding by the third month postpartum. Practices known to …

As more mothers elect to breast-feed, more concomitant problems in mothers and babies
are reported that are thought to contraindicate breast-feeding. Many frequently cited …

Overwhelmingly, when babies are born their natural instinct and behavior are to breastfeed.
Although some mothers and babies take a while to learn how to work together, most babies …

Abstract Hospital breastfeeding initiation rates (75%) show that most mothers in the United
States want to breastfeed and are trying to do so. Even from the very start, however, mothers …