Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Is there a Baby Friendly Initiative (minus hospital but focused on community) in the USA similar to the program in the UK http://www.unicef.org.uk/BabyFriendly/Health-Professionals/Going-Baby-Friendly/C\ ommunity/Seven-Point-Plan-for-Sustaining-Breastfeeding-in-the-Community/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 This is the hospital's baby friendly initiative. Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding Formulated by the World Health Organization & UNICEF Every facility providing maternity services & care for newborn infants should: 1. Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all health care staff. 2. Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement this policy. 3. Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding. 4. Help mothers initiate breastfeeding within a half hour of birth. 5. Show mothers how to breastfeed, and how to maintain lactation even if they are separated from their infants. 6. Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breastmilk, unless medically indicated. 7. Practice rooming-in: allow mothers and infants to remain together 24 hours a day. 8. Encourage breastfeeding on demand. 9. Give no rubber nipples or pacifiers to breastfeeding infants. 10. the establishment of breastfeeding support groups, and refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or clinic. Lou Moramarco IBCLC Birth, Breastfeeding & Before International Board Certified Lactation Consultant Bradley Childbirth Educator Certified Birth Doula (732) 239-7771 marylou22@... www.lunadoula.com Hidden Booby Trap: Is Your Lactation “Specialist” an Imposter? http://www.bestforbabes.org/2010/03/hidden-booby-trap-is-your-lactation-specialist-an-imposter/ Advisory Notice: Email is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Title 18, Sections 2510-2521 of the United States Code and is legally privileged. Internet email is inherently insecure. Message content may be subject to alteration, and email addresses may incorrectly identify the sender. If you wish to confirm the content of this message and/or the identity of the sender, please call me. This email transmission, and any documents, files, or previous email messages attached to it may be privileged and confidential, and are intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named in the address field. The information contained in this electronic message is information protected by health provider-client and or the health provider/work product privilege. It is intended only for the use of the individual named above and the privileges are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by electronic mail. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please call me or return email and delete it and any attachments from your computer. This email does not create a health provider-client relationship. Thank you. From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Dana Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:23 AM To: Subject: BFI in USA? Is there a Baby Friendly Initiative (minus hospital but focused on community) in the USA similar to the program in the UK http://www.unicef.org.uk/BabyFriendly/Health-Professionals/Going-Baby-Friendly/Community/Seven-Point-Plan-for-Sustaining-Breastfeeding-in-the-Community/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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