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NICU Nurse Discloses Newborn Admission Rates From Breastfeeding Complications in BFHI Unit

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Ella D. I am a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse  and the hospital where I work delivers more than 2,000 babies annually, over half from high-risk pregnancies.  In our part of the country, “natural parenting” is widely embraced, and it is difficult to find a hospital that isn’t “Baby-Friendly.”  Our hospital administration views the … Continue reading NICU Nurse Discloses Newborn Admission Rates From Breastfeeding Complications in BFHI Unit

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Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Speaks Out About The Dangerous Practices Of The BFHI

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by Christine K. When the Fed Is Best Foundation launched two years ago, a few nurses sent us messages about their experiences working in a Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) hospital. They shared common concerns about watching exclusively breastfed babies crying out in hunger from not enough colostrum while being refused supplementation just so that high … Continue reading Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Speaks Out About The Dangerous Practices Of The BFHI

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Nurses Are Speaking Out About The Dangers Of The Baby-Friendly Health Initiative

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When the Fed Is Best Foundation launched two years ago, a few nurses sent us messages about their experiences working in a BFHI hospital. Some of the nurses felt comfortable speaking out because they left their jobs or retired early, as they did not want to be part of the restrictive breastfeeding policies that were implemented. … Continue reading Nurses Are Speaking Out About The Dangers Of The Baby-Friendly Health Initiative

Crying newborn baby in hospital.

The ‘Second Night Syndrome’ is Abnormal and This is Why

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Written by Jody Segrave-Daly, MS, RN, IBCLC As a NICU/nursery nurse and IBCLC who has worked with newborn babies my entire nursing career, I was mystified when I first heard the phrase “second-night syndrome.” When I began to research where the phrase came from, it became clear that it is not based on any scientific … Continue reading The ‘Second Night Syndrome’ is Abnormal and This is Why

Newborns under UV light in hospital.

Why the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Guidelines for “Medically Necessary” Supplementation Make the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Unsafe

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by Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, M.D., Co-Founder of the Fed is Best Foundation On September 22, 2017, senior members of the Fed is Best Foundation met with the top officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) Breastfeeding Program. We learned that the WHO has never studied the complications of the WHO Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding … Continue reading Why the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Guidelines for “Medically Necessary” Supplementation Make the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Unsafe