With the focus of all the replies being mostly education, obviously more training needs to be going on, all round - midwives, MCHN's, paed's etc... or at least referrals to LC's - but in order to prevent the conflicting advice scenario which is a huge complaint as well from many new mothers, there needs to be training provided by one body, who can voice the same message to all - they can teach in uni's, wherever... and I think this needs to be the ABA. They have training already established, they have procedures and protocols and can deliver one message. I think the ABA should be sufficiently funded so that they can fund educators to teach in all scenarios and as someone else mentioned, outreach programs as well as schools too. But it would be great to see one voice teach a generation and beyond.

I just keep getting more and more ideas reading your posts, this has greatly helped my presentation, thank-you so much for stirring up my thoughts, the opportunities are endless. I don't see a hopeless situation for breastfeeding, I am excited as there are so many things we can do. We could be the shining example on the world of how it can be.