Breastfeeding Information

10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
  A Joint WHO/UNICEF Statement, Geneva, Switzerland 1989

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 one half-hour of birth.
5. Show mothers how to breastfeed and maintain lactation,
   even if they should be separated from their infants.
6. Give newborn infants no food or drink other than breastmilk,
   unless medically indicated.
7. Practice rooming in - that is, allow mothers and infants to remain
   together 24 hours a day.
8. Encourage breastfeeding on demand.
9. Give no artificial teats or pacifiers (also called dummies or soothers)
   to breastfeeding infants.
10. Foster the establishment of breastfeeding support groups and
    refer mothers to them on discharge from the hospital or clinic.

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• Benefits of Breastfeeding 
• Getting Started   
  
  
• Breastfeeding Practice Guidelines PDF file

  Information on breastfeeding pages provided by Douglas College Breastfeeding Counselor Certificate Program Students and
BRHC staff Susan Dueck RN, BN and Kirsten Duguay RN, B.Sc.N.