The benefits of breast-feeding are well documented in magazines, newspapers and scientific journals. However, the barriers to successful breast-feeding are less well known. And, according to a recent commentary published in the Journal of Pediatrics, these barriers can be especially challenging for working women.
In the workplace, nursing mothers may experience a lack of privacy to nurse or express milk, difficulty finding quality child care at or near the workplace, and reluctance on the part of employers to allow adequate time to express milk.
In fact, according to published reports, returning to work is commonly identified as a primary cause of early termination of breast-feeding or feeding with expressed milk.
But even among stay-at-home moms, the road to successful nursing can be rocky.
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