Navigating Return to Work and Breastfeeding in a Hospital with a Comprehensive Employee Lactation Program: The Voices of Mothers

摘要

Background: The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding details the need for comprehensive employer lactation support programs. Our institution has an extensive employee lactation program, and our breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates are statistically significantly higher than state and national data, with more than 20% of our employees breastfeeding for more than 1 year.