What are the challenges in breastfeeding? – Dr. Sanjeev Reddy

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There are few challenges when you are planning to breast feed. Research has shown worldwide that about 90% of the moms all over the world want to breastfeed for all the right reasons. In about 4 in 10 mothers , that is about 40% of them who would never initiate breastfeeding or they discontinue breastfeeding within the first six months. There are several barriers or challenges to breastfeeding, common of which is a perceived insufficiency of milk because of which the artificial supplements are started on an untimely manner. The other barriers include not having enough time to breastfeed and express and having to go back to work and painful breasts and baby not able to suck because her medical condition or even perceived difficulty in sucking. So these are some of the barriers and measures that we need to put in place to overcome these barriers are often available in the hospitals but sometimes when you have to go back to work, you may have to cut short the duration of breast feeding unless the workplace promotes actively breastfeeding and they provide you time and equipment to express the milk.