Survey on Lactation Support in Hospitals following Childbirth

If you are on my blog, you are interested in breastfeeding, right? Great, now please help me out for a minute as I try to learn more about the lactation support given to moms after having a baby.

I composed a very short survey (it should take you no more than 3-5 minutes to complete) that focuses on the support received in the hospital after you had your baby, if you got any help, that is. I read lots online about "bad" LCs and nurses who think they know how to consult a new mom but offer pathetic, unhelpful advice and I am curious to know how often this is happening. Other moms say that their hospital LCs were so amazing that if not for them, they wouldn't have breastfed longer than a day. So let's see.

Here is a link to the survey.

Some questions we'll consider:

• Do mothers receive lactation support in the hospital after childbirth?
• Do mothers receive help from IBCLCs or non-certified lactation consultants?
• How knowledgeable is that consultant?
• How effective is that help?
• Do mothers receive all the help they need at the hospital or do they require follow-up later on?