Sentences with phrase «lactation education during»

From a policy perspective, it would be useful to consider requiring health care providers to deliver comprehensive lactation education during the prenatal and early postnatal period.

American women face a number of barriers in trying to breastfeed, including little lactation education during pregnancy, few facilities for expressing milk when they return to the workplace and, in many cases, lack of support from family members and friends.

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Pediatricians are the baby experts but I don't think they get extensive breastfeeding education during their medical training (Of course, peds are welcome to chime in on this) Lactation consultants ARE the breastfeeding experts and should be first people to call.

That means the mom can see a lactation consultant and get some education during her pregnancy.

Intervention 2: postnatal lactation support: in addition to routine care, women received 2 postnatal sessions with a LC, 1 in hospital within the first 3 postnatal days (when they received the same printed guides on breastfeeding as the antenatal education group) and 1 during the first routine postnatal visit 1 to 2 weeks after the birth.