My thoughts re breastfeeding education question -

Maybe a booklet handed to women giving birth which covers benefits of breastfeeding and ways to overcome typical difficulties, and it would be particularly useful to be given relevant web addresses, ABA contact information - including after hours number, etc.

It helps if the hospital you book in with is "baby-friendly" pro-breastfeeding, because you know that your efforts will be supported and rewarded. My hospital encourages mums to enrol in a breastfeeding class and I found the class wonderful but would have liked a booklet to take away also.

Even though I've breastfed two bubs, I'm eager to have a chance to do the breastfeeding class before I have my third baby as I think refreshers are important too. I think mums who are onto their 2nd/3rd/4th or whatever should be encouraged and praised for breastfeeding too as it seems there is a high BF dropout rate once you've had more than one.

Also, making BF resources more visible for knew mums. I remember asking a MCHN, after having my firstborn, how I could link with a local ABA group. I couldn't find ANY information on the health centre noticeboards and she couldn't even find a brochure for me. I was surprised because I know when my mum was breastfeeding the Nursing Mothers' was well-known and accessible to families.