Work, Breastfeeding and Paid Maternity Leave - New Research

Unsupportive work colleagues and inflexible employers are causing women to stop breastfeeding, even when they return to work only part-time. In what researchers say strengthens the argument for a national maternity leave scheme, an analysis of almost 3700 women with six-month-old babies showed that the rate of breastfeeding was lower not only for those who had returned to work full-time. It was also lower for women who returned part-time.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/uom-epw042608.php

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/parttime-work-no-friend-of-breastfeeding/2008/04/27/1209234656192.html

http://news.theage.com.au/govt-must-act-on-maternity-leave-survey/20080428-2906.html

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23606938-421,00.html

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/maternity-leave-even-more-out-of-reach/2008/04/28/1209234761952.html