Supporting Breastfeeding after Discharge ABM Protocol #2 Highlight:
For hospital discharge within 72 hours of birth "appointments where breastfeeding can be assessed should be made before discharge for the newborn and mother… Providers should be aware that many newborns who are discharged within 48 hours of birth do not receive early follow-up as recommended. Barriers to newborn postbirth hospitalization checkup can be maternal illness, lack of reliable transportation, and lack of understanding of the importance of follow-up in healthy newborns.” This excerpt from Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) Protocol #2: Guidelines for Birth Hospitalization Discharge of Breastfeeding Dyad, is our protocol highlight for February.
Protocol #2 lists 19 recommendations, which include: recommendation #16 (above) and #18 that “visits with a lactation professional should be part of regular follow-up.”
Primary care provider visits after hospital discharge provide an important touch point for assessing and supporting breastfeeding. Given the barriers to newborn follow-up, and the need to maximize lactation support in this critical window, an integrated model of team-based lactation consultant/primary care provider visits is an option that concretely addresses obstacles to breastfeeding support.
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