"The Ten Steps To Successful Breastfeeding
The BFHI promotes, protects, and supports breastfeeding through The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding for Hospitals, as outlined by UNICEF/WHO. The steps for the United States are:
| 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 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 pacifiers or artificial nipples 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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Sadly, there are only 119 hospitals certified in the entire country, and ZERO in Arizona. Should we start advocating for some, or what!!??
Check out this site:
http://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/eng/index.html
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