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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

Fed is Best Foundation Clinical Guidelines for Safe Breastfeeding Support in the Newborn Period

The Fed is Best Clinical Guidelines for Safe Breastfeeding Support in the Newborn Period the Fed is Best Foundation October 20, 2018 The mission of the Fed is Best Foundation is to provide safe, evidence-based education and clinical guidelines to prevent complications of insufficient feeding, particularly in exclusively breastfed newborns. At this time, the leading causes … Continue reading Fed is Best Foundation Clinical Guidelines for Safe Breastfeeding Support in the Newborn Period

Fed is Best Foundation Response to U.S. Delegation Actions at the World Health Assembly

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Jody Segrave-Daly, RN, IBCLC and Christie del Castillo-Hegyi, M.D. The Fed is Best Foundation is dedicated to ensuring safe infant feeding for every single child, a goal that can be achieved with exclusive breastfeeding, combination feeding, exclusive formula feeding and tube-feeding. We have no political affiliation. We support all mothers to help their infant thrive … Continue reading Fed is Best Foundation Response to U.S. Delegation Actions at the World Health Assembly

I Contacted Every Patient Safety Organization After My IBCLC Withheld Clinical Information From Me Causing My Newborn To Starve.

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When I struggled to breastfeed my son, I believed I was failing, not just at breastfeeding, but at motherhood. What was supposed to be the “best” way to feed my new baby was painful, anxiety-inducing, and landed my son back in the hospital for dehydration, eleven percent weight loss, and inability to take a bottle. … Continue reading I Contacted Every Patient Safety Organization After My IBCLC Withheld Clinical Information From Me Causing My Newborn To Starve.

Press Release: World Health Organization Revised Breastfeeding Guidelines Puts Babies at Risk Despite Pleas from Experts — Informing the Public “Not a Top Priority”

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By the Senior Advisory Board of the Fed is Best Foundation A key recommendation of the 1989 World Health Organization Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding which guides the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is: “give infants no food or drink other than breast-milk, unless medically indicated.” This has led to serious complications from accidental starvation of … Continue reading Press Release: World Health Organization Revised Breastfeeding Guidelines Puts Babies at Risk Despite Pleas from Experts — Informing the Public “Not a Top Priority”