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Apropos of ACOG’s new breastfeeding guidelines (see CBU post ), Attn notes Lancet’s  publication of “Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect,” which [...]

News articles reporting on the American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists latest breastfeeding Committee Opinion have featured its position that ob/gyns should support a woman’s [...]

The current issue of Midwifery Matters summarizes a study of the effects of having the baby skin-to-skin after birth and breastfeeding initiation soon after birth on postpartum blood loss of 500 [...]

One theory behind laborists, obstetricians employed by hospitals to provide 24/7 coverage, is that it will reduce cesarean rates by removing time management considerations from the decision. [...]