Nova Scotia Needs Postpartum and Breastfeeding Support
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Christina Pasquet
12 years ago
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Were it not for the incredible supprt I recieved from a Public Health Nurse after the birst of my son, I really don't think we'd have had the positive and healthful breast feeding relationship we've enjoyed for 14 months.
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Dianne Warren
12 years ago
New mothers need support ...otherwise it is too easy to give up breastfeeding when things get a little difficult.
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Nicole Myles Brook
12 years ago
These support systems are a vital part of pre term preparations and post partum concerns and potential complications for Nova Scotian women, families and children. Please don't decrease support simply to cut costs. There is something to be said about technology and it's ability to form NEW avenues for outreach but that doesn't mean traditional face-to-face and community based support that cannot be replaced by online only access.
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Catherine Fraser
12 years ago
As an expectant mother, I have already been disappointed by the lack of prenatal classes in my area. To lose the breast feeding and postpartum support as well heightens feelings of uncertainty and insecurity many new/expectant moms are faced with. I urge Capitol Health to reconsider this change and provide more support in these areas, not less!
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Colleen Upson
12 years ago
I agree the prenatal classes require a review but the postpartum and breastfeeding support is a wonderful service and should be increased not cut. I've used all these services and know other mothers who have as well.
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denise arsenault
12 years ago
we need more breastfeeding support! not less! ,(which is clear from our breastfeeding success rate and steady decline of success aftee discharge) breastfeeding cuts health care costs!
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Kristin Innes
12 years ago
Discontinuing the universal breastfeeding support and follow-up with new mothers is a MISTAKE. I would not have been successful in my breastfeeding journey without the program, and I do not fall into the target groups you are aiming to provide these services to. There is too much information online, and navigating all of it will make a person overwhelmed and crazy. There is no substitute for the in-person breastfeeding community that I feel so blessed to be a part of. Your health care system will feel the strain if you take away breastfeeding support for all. You need to send a message that breastfeeding and pre/post-natal care is of utmost importance in Nova Scotia.
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Andrea Harrington
12 years ago
I used the public health services and if anything I thought it could be improved upon not cutback.
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Ellen
12 years ago
As a first time mother, the postpartum and breastfeedung support helps me a lot. Let us not prohibit this services to new moms and moms to be.
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Larissa Page
12 years ago
This is an essential service that is needed by countless new moms. In a province that already has poor breastfeeding rates, taking away a service that supports new moms when they need it the most is only setting more women up for difficulties and will only decrease the poor rates.
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Erin
12 years ago
I can not express how valuable this service is to not only first time moms but after the birth of both my babies. I don't know if I would have been able to breastfeed my oldest in the absence of this support.
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Danielle Cullen
12 years ago
Offering online support is good for those who want it, but many women want and need in-person support as well!
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Lisa Chapman
12 years ago
Please do not send postpartum women to the online wolves to fend for themselves. We need real support from real people.
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Jennifer Hartigan
12 years ago
This is by far an essential service. I would not have survived the early weeks without that one on one support
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Tara Smith
12 years ago
It is impossible to assist breastfeeding issues without a home visit. If someone has never breasfed before how on earth would they know if they have a 'good latch'? How on earth would they know 'how much the baby is actually getting?' It is only through witnessing, advising and weighing before and after that we can ut these Moms at ease. Something that seems impossible to acheive may be just a matter of repositioning. New breasfeeding Moms need to hear they are doing great and their babies are fine. They need toknow that breasfed babies feed differently, do not schedule well and have a different growth pattern than bottle fed babies. We NEED these services and we cannot afford to have them discontinued. A positive breastfeeding experience is good for the Mama good for the baby and good for our future generations.
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Raven Watts
12 years ago
As a mom who desperately wanted to breastfeed and was ultimately unable past six weeks the information I received in prenatal classes and the TREMENDOUS help I received from my multi-week visits from my public health nurse gave me the short nursing relationship I did have and I cherish that. The idea I would not get that support again is heart breaking to say the least. A struggling new mom is universal and doesn't discrimate so to take that support away from any mother is doing this province a HUGE disservice. We should be making support MORE readily available not less.
Were it not for the incredible supprt I recieved from a Public Health Nurse after the birst of my son, I really don't think we'd have had the positive and healthful breast feeding relationship we've enjoyed for 14 months.
New mothers need support ...otherwise it is too easy to give up breastfeeding when things get a little difficult.
These support systems are a vital part of pre term preparations and post partum concerns and potential complications for Nova Scotian women, families and children. Please don't decrease support simply to cut costs. There is something to be said about technology and it's ability to form NEW avenues for outreach but that doesn't mean traditional face-to-face and community based support that cannot be replaced by online only access.
As an expectant mother, I have already been disappointed by the lack of prenatal classes in my area. To lose the breast feeding and postpartum support as well heightens feelings of uncertainty and insecurity many new/expectant moms are faced with. I urge Capitol Health to reconsider this change and provide more support in these areas, not less!
I agree the prenatal classes require a review but the postpartum and breastfeeding support is a wonderful service and should be increased not cut. I've used all these services and know other mothers who have as well.
we need more breastfeeding support! not less! ,(which is clear from our breastfeeding success rate and steady decline of success aftee discharge) breastfeeding cuts health care costs!
Discontinuing the universal breastfeeding support and follow-up with new mothers is a MISTAKE. I would not have been successful in my breastfeeding journey without the program, and I do not fall into the target groups you are aiming to provide these services to. There is too much information online, and navigating all of it will make a person overwhelmed and crazy. There is no substitute for the in-person breastfeeding community that I feel so blessed to be a part of. Your health care system will feel the strain if you take away breastfeeding support for all. You need to send a message that breastfeeding and pre/post-natal care is of utmost importance in Nova Scotia.
I used the public health services and if anything I thought it could be improved upon not cutback.
As a first time mother, the postpartum and breastfeedung support helps me a lot. Let us not prohibit this services to new moms and moms to be.
This is an essential service that is needed by countless new moms. In a province that already has poor breastfeeding rates, taking away a service that supports new moms when they need it the most is only setting more women up for difficulties and will only decrease the poor rates.
I can not express how valuable this service is to not only first time moms but after the birth of both my babies. I don't know if I would have been able to breastfeed my oldest in the absence of this support.
Offering online support is good for those who want it, but many women want and need in-person support as well!
Please do not send postpartum women to the online wolves to fend for themselves. We need real support from real people.
This is by far an essential service. I would not have survived the early weeks without that one on one support
It is impossible to assist breastfeeding issues without a home visit. If someone has never breasfed before how on earth would they know if they have a 'good latch'? How on earth would they know 'how much the baby is actually getting?' It is only through witnessing, advising and weighing before and after that we can ut these Moms at ease. Something that seems impossible to acheive may be just a matter of repositioning. New breasfeeding Moms need to hear they are doing great and their babies are fine. They need toknow that breasfed babies feed differently, do not schedule well and have a different growth pattern than bottle fed babies. We NEED these services and we cannot afford to have them discontinued. A positive breastfeeding experience is good for the Mama good for the baby and good for our future generations.
As a mom who desperately wanted to breastfeed and was ultimately unable past six weeks the information I received in prenatal classes and the TREMENDOUS help I received from my multi-week visits from my public health nurse gave me the short nursing relationship I did have and I cherish that. The idea I would not get that support again is heart breaking to say the least. A struggling new mom is universal and doesn't discrimate so to take that support away from any mother is doing this province a HUGE disservice. We should be making support MORE readily available not less.