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New Recommendations Urge Primary-Care Interventions Before, During, and After Pregnancy, to Encourage and Support Breastfeeding
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(OPEN):
NEW RECOMMENDATIONS PUBLISHED IN "ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE"
URGE PRIMARY-CARE INTERVENTIONS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PREGNANCY, TO
ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT BREASTFEEDING. ACCORDING TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, BABIES WHO ARE BREAST-FED HAVE FEWER INFECTIONS AND
ALLERGIC SKIN RASHES--AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE "SUDDEN INFANT DEATH
SYNDROME". OBSTETRICIAN, DOCTOR GAIL HERRINE ["HER-REEN"],
HAS MORE…
(HERRINE):
"THESE NEW GUIDELINES REINFORCE HOW IMPORTANT BREASTFEEDING IS FOR
WOMEN; IT ENCOURAGES [SIC] PHYSICIANS TO GIVE INFORMATION TO
THEIR PATIENTS."
(BRIDGE):
KATHE ["KAY-TAH"] SPIRO-BENTZEL IS A
WORKING MOTHER OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD AND A SIX-MONTH-OLD; SHE CHOSE TO
BREAST-FEED BOTH OF HER CHILDREN, AFTER INTERVENTION FROM HEALTH-CARE
PROFESSIONALS WHO HELPED HER THROUGH THE PROCESS...
(SPIRO-BENTZEL):
"THE INTERVENTION FROM MY DOCTORS WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT:
THEY WERE THERE TO GIVE ME THE SUPPORT I NEEDED, AND THE INFORMATION I
NEEDED, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS A CHOICE THAT WOULD HAVE HEALTH
BENEFITS FOR BOTH ME AND FOR MY BABY [SIC]. AND, THEY GAVE
ME THE TOOLS I NEEDED TO BE INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL AT IT. AND, THE
ADDED BENEFIT IS THAT I GOT TO BOND WITH MY CHILDREN."
(CLOSE):
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON A REVIEW OF MORE THAN 25 RANDOMIZED
TRIALS OF BREAST-FEEDING INTERVENTIONS. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT
INTERVENTIONS INCREASE BREAST-FEEDING RATES AND DURATION.
