Study: Lack of breastfeeding costs lives, billions of dollars

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Permalink Reply by Katie Walters on April 5, 2010 at 4:26pm

How about more time for maternity leave?
That would be huge in this country (USA) for helping all mothers breastfeed.
Most mothers give it up after a few weeks due to having to return to work.
Even with lactation rooms for pumping breastfeeding while working full time is hard and stressful.
6 months of paid maternity leave would provide many mothers with the peace of mind needed to be successful at breastfeeding.
The only down side would be all the babies at 6 months old that will not take bottles when its time for mom to return to work.
And the politicians claiming people will get pregnant just to collect the money.

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