A decade has passed since Breastfeeding the First Hour - Save One Million

Babies was the catchphrase for the international World Breastfeeding Week

celebration. Ten years' worth of new research has proven that breastfeeding

your baby during the first hour after delivery makes a huge difference in

terms of his health--both short-term and long-term. Unfortunately, U.S.

delivery rooms are not keeping up with the science. Too often, the baby's

first opportunity to breastfeed is delayed. It may be due to the hospital

setting and rules, or beliefs and cultural norms of the health care

provider, the mother, her family, or her community. Or perhaps medication or

labor/delivery practices have gotten in the way.

Join Marie and her guest, midwife Vicki Penwell, as they talk about the

capabilities and limitations for newborns during the first hour, the real

and perceived barriers of First Hour breastfeeding.