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Breastfeeding dictator or breastfeeding enabler? Midwives' support styles can make a difference

  • Written by Elaine Burns, Lecturer in Midwifery, Western Sydney University

Authors: Elaine Burns, Lecturer in Midwifery, Western Sydney University

imageMidwives commonly supervise feeds and interject when women do something "wrong".ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock

We have come a long way since the days when babies were whisked away from their mother at birth to be bathed and wrapped before being presented back as a brand-new packaged...

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