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Article: More help is the breast medicine.(Features)

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Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
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May 16, 2006
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Byline: Wendy Alexander

IT'S Breast-feeding Awareness Week . . . so why do only one in three Scots mums breast-feed?

In hospital five days after the twins were born, I was struggling.

Every shift, a different midwife offered different advice.

Then another midwife appeared at my bedside, questionnaire in hand, required to ensure the hospital kept its official accreditation for Breast-feeding Excellence.

Parrot-like, I spouted all the answers about breast-feeding, but I could not do it. A case of "ticking boxes" gone mad.

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