Comments on: Breastfeeding Data Collection on Birth Certificates http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-data-collection-on-birth-certificates/ Breastfeeding 1-2-3: A Blog for Breastfeeding Tips and Support Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:52:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: hetal g http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-data-collection-on-birth-certificates/comment-page-1/#comment-4197 hetal g Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:12:53 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/breastfeeding-data-collection-on-birth-certificates/#comment-4197 I will forward this article to my sis in law and I am confident that this will help her - she is expecting in April 09. thanks I will forward this article to my sis in law and I am confident that this will help her – she is expecting in April 09.
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]]> By: Elita http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-data-collection-on-birth-certificates/comment-page-1/#comment-4657 Elita Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:31:58 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/breastfeeding-data-collection-on-birth-certificates/#comment-4657 I was asked by the nurse in labor and delivery if I planned on breastfeeding and after my son was cleaned up and handed to me, I was just staring at him, high on baby love, and she had to remind me to nurse him! Once I got down to the regular maternity floor, my nurse did ask me if I was bottle or breastfeeding and they wrote it on the little piece of my paper in my baby's hospital bassinett, that also listed my name, my OBGYN's name and the pediatrician's name. Nothing appears on my son's birth certificate about breastfeeding (we are in Florida). I was asked by the nurse in labor and delivery if I planned on breastfeeding and after my son was cleaned up and handed to me, I was just staring at him, high on baby love, and she had to remind me to nurse him!
Once I got down to the regular maternity floor, my nurse did ask me if I was bottle or breastfeeding and they wrote it on the little piece of my paper in my baby’s hospital bassinett, that also listed my name, my OBGYN’s name and the pediatrician’s name. Nothing appears on my son’s birth certificate about breastfeeding (we are in Florida).

]]> By: Jennifer B http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-data-collection-on-birth-certificates/comment-page-1/#comment-3577 Jennifer B Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:21:39 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/breastfeeding-data-collection-on-birth-certificates/#comment-3577 You know, I cannot recall if I filled out BF info on the birth cert form. I know that that info does not appear on the actual cert (picked up at the registrar's office when my daughter was over 1 month old). When my daughter was born, I was never asked if I was going to breastfeed or not. I think they assumed that I was. I was asked if I would like to nurse her now. Not, are you going to nurse, or bottle feed? I don't know if my midwife told them I planned to BF or if they assumed becuase I used a CNM that I was BFing, or if hospital policy dictates that they only ask about BFing and let the mother say yes or no. I did receive a "goody bag" that had a manual medela pump and some other things in it (breast pads, lanolin samples, excerpt from Nursing Mothers Companion, coupons, etc) I can't remember if it had actual formula samples or not, but I know that the bag does not have a formula company name on it, however, it does have a teddy bear, which if memory serves me is a symbol of one of the companies. (I could totally be wrong on that one.) Wow, got way off topic. I don't mind that BF status is collected on birth cert forms. A lot of the info on those forms doesn't end up on the birth cert anyway. Its just used for demographic information by the county. (Address at birth, age of parents, etc.) Jen You know, I cannot recall if I filled out BF info on the birth cert form. I know that that info does not appear on the actual cert (picked up at the registrar’s office when my daughter was over 1 month old). When my daughter was born, I was never asked if I was going to breastfeed or not. I think they assumed that I was. I was asked if I would like to nurse her now. Not, are you going to nurse, or bottle feed? I don’t know if my midwife told them I planned to BF or if they assumed becuase I used a CNM that I was BFing, or if hospital policy dictates that they only ask about BFing and let the mother say yes or no. I did receive a “goody bag” that had a manual medela pump and some other things in it (breast pads, lanolin samples, excerpt from Nursing Mothers Companion, coupons, etc) I can’t remember if it had actual formula samples or not, but I know that the bag does not have a formula company name on it, however, it does have a teddy bear, which if memory serves me is a symbol of one of the companies. (I could totally be wrong on that one.)

Wow, got way off topic. I don’t mind that BF status is collected on birth cert forms. A lot of the info on those forms doesn’t end up on the birth cert anyway. Its just used for demographic information by the county. (Address at birth, age of parents, etc.)

Jen

]]> By: Right or wrong? Breastfeeding data on birth certificates http://www.blisstree.com/breastfeeding123/breastfeeding-data-collection-on-birth-certificates/comment-page-1/#comment-4368 Right or wrong? Breastfeeding data on birth certificates Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:28:37 +0000 http://www.breastfeeding123.com/breastfeeding-data-collection-on-birth-certificates/#comment-4368 [...] like to tip my hat to Angela over at Breastfeeding 123 for writing about this topic as I didn’t know about it, so I did some investigating on my [...] [...] like to tip my hat to Angela over at Breastfeeding 123 for writing about this topic as I didn’t know about it, so I did some investigating on my [...]

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