Fed is Best is a foundation with a major social media presence who seek to warn parents and practitioners about the dangers of insufficient exclusive breastfeeding. Through their social media campaigns that have galvanized a backlash against exclusive breastfeeding, lactation care providers, and the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. Although lactation specialists disagree with much of their content, they have raised awareness about mothers who do fall through the cracks of our care system and may suffer as a result. The steep drop-off in rates of exclusive breastfeeding is an indication of this. This presentation will examine three provider-level barriers that negatively impact breastfeeding and what we can do to improve care so that mothers will reach their breastfeeding goals.
Learning Objectives:
Objective 1: Describe how providers influence mothers’ oxytocin levels, either positively or negatively, and the long-term effects of these interactions.
Objective 2: Describe how birth and postpartum interventions (such as rooming in and skin-to-skin care) can influence oxytocin levels.
Objective 3: Describe the implications of the lack of basic breastfeeding support that can occur due to a mother's race/ethnicity or body-mass index
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