Most hospitals around the country aren't doing a good job of helping new moms who want to breast-feed, researchers report Tuesday in the journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Several common practices at the institutions may actually prevent moms from sticking with breast-feeding for six months ā the duration thought to be most healthful for babies.
Epidemiologists at the CDC surveyed more than 80 percent of the birthing centers across the country about the support they give new moms trying to breast-feed. About half of those surveyed said they implement five of the 10 practices recommended by the World Health Organization. By comparison, only a third of hospitals were hitting that mark in 2007.
[For more of this story, written by Michaeleen Doucleff, go to http://www.npr.org/sections/he...t-for-breast-feeding]
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