En Stop Breast-Feeding Once They Get Back to Work [Derived Headline]
New Haven Register › March 05, 2008
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en stop breast-feeding once they get back to work because it's too difficult," said Michele Griswold, a board-certified lactation consultant and registered nurse at Wildwood Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine in Essex. The Healthy People 2010 report issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reveals that many Connecticut women breast-feed after birth but stop long before their baby is 6 months old, the minimum age recommended by the World Health Organization.
Griswold said, "79.5 percent of Connecticut mothers choose to initiate breast-feeding. The big question is why are only 10 percent of babies still breast-feeding ... at 6 months?See the full content of this document
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En Stop Breast-Feeding Once They Get Back to Work [Derived Headline]
"Many if not most of these moms are returning to work and that's one of the major reasons they stop," Griswold said.
An employer-provided lactat...See the full content of this document
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