I think as soon as you book into any hospital you should be contacted by the ABA (govt funded) and receive an ABA membership, the ABA can advise you on local meetings in your area and suggest going along so that you can learn about breastfeeding BEFORE you have the baby. There should also be more BF'ing information in the antenatal classes. I think it would be really helpful for women to go along to ABA meetings when pregnant because often women don't go till either after having bubs or after they start having difficulties. Support should start BEFORE bubs is here. Maybe even have an fully qualified LC that discusses breastfeeding as part of hosptial visits? Not to mention education starting in schools way before people are even thinking about having babies. And also for boys too, so that when and if they become dads they know how to support their wives.

I dunno just a few thoughts.

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Cailin