Maternity units accused of not teaching mothers how to breastfeed

by Joanna Sugden Copyright 2009 Times Newspapers Ltd.
Maternity units are failing to teach mothers how to breastfeed, causing most to give up before their baby is six weeks old, a report has claimed.
The figures from Unicef indicate that less than 2 per cent of mothers in Britain feed their babies solely with breast milk until they are six months old — the age recommended by the World Health Organisation.
Britain has one of the worst breastfeeding records in the developed world. In Australia, by comparison, almost a third of mothers breastfeed for the first six months.
The report has raised questions about the impact of the millions of pounds that the Government has spent on initiatives to persuade mothers that “breast is best”.
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