The benefits of breastmilk and lactation are well established for both infants and women.
National organizations recommend exclusively breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life and …

Breastfeeding is a fundamental and biologically normal function with well-established
benefits for both lactating parents and infants. Despite these benefits, physicians, particularly …

Objectives: Despite increased lactation support for mothers over the past few decades,
physician mothers still face considerable challenges to achieving their breastfeeding goals …

Background: During medical school and residency training, physicians are taught that
breastfeeding is the preferred feeding for all infants, with rare exceptions. But evidence is …

Objective. To determine how employment as a resident physician (resident) affects
breastfeeding practices and experiences. Design. Cross-sectional questionnaire survey …

Physicians' experience with high quality training in breastfeeding during their medical
education is historically varied. The process of becoming a board-certified physician entails …

Obstetrics and gynecology residency training programs are historically lacking in
breastfeeding education and advocacy. Healthy People 2020 supports interventions that …

Background: Breast milk is considered the normative nutrition for human infants, and
exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life is recommended by several national and …

Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recommended until about 6 months of age.
Pediatricians are at the forefront of encouraging mothers to achieve this goal, yet …

Background: Personal breastfeeding behavior of physician mothers is associated with their
clinical breastfeeding advocacy, which in turn impacts patients' breastfeeding behavior …