Family members were today urged to help create a supportive environment to aid breastfeeding mothers.
As part of National Breastfeeding Week, both fathers and grandparents were given more information on breastfeeding as part of a campaign to encourage women to choose the option.
Maureen Fallon, National Breastfeeding Co-ordinator in the Department of Health, said breastfeeding was what nature had intended for newborn babies but the numbers breastfeeding among Irish mothers was low.
Ireland’s breastfeeding rate of 43% at discharge from maternity care is one of the lowest in Europe – compared with 99% in Norway.
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