TY - JOUR T1 - Fifteen-minute consultation: Breastfeeding in the first 2 weeks of life—a hospital perspective JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2017-314633 SP - edpract-2017-314633 AU - Ilana Levene AU - Frances O’Brien Y1 - 2018/05/31 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/05/31/archdischild-2017-314633.abstract N2 - The beneficial health and economic impacts of breastfeeding are considerable. However the majority of babies in the UK are not exclusively breastfeeding by 6 weeks of age. The first few weeks of life are therefore a critical period to facilitate breastfeeding. Health professionals must have a thorough knowledge of normal breastfeeding patterns in order to minimise unnecessary interference, and an understanding of how to protect the breastfeeding relationship when medical problems occur. ER -