PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ilana Levene
AU  - Frances O’Brien
TI  - Fifteen-minute consultation: Breastfeeding in the first 2 weeks of life—a hospital perspective
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2017-314633
DP  - 2018 Jul 03
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - edpract-2017-314633
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/03/archdischild-2017-314633.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/03/archdischild-2017-314633.full
AB  - 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.