He Hellín Hospital (Albacete), has opened a new service in its Mother and Child Plant. It's about a Maternal Lactation Telephone Office, which will serve the mothers of the Area of influence of the hospital.
85% of the women who gave birth in this hospital last year were discharged with exclusive breastfeeding but a high rate of abandonment was found by not having an immediate service to address their problems and doubts.
With this Telephone Support Line Moms can speak directly with the midwives and nurses who attended them at the beginning of breastfeeding and being able to receive advice from their own home without waiting will help guide them, answer their questions and calm their concerns.
With this, in addition, the Hellín Hospital I bet to get the IHAN accreditation (Initiative for the Humanization of Birth and Breastfeeding Assistance) soon and it is expected that in this same year a breastfeeding consultation will be opened in the same center where if there were any before the birth problem, the mother can be summoned in 48 hours and be attended by nurses and midwives who receive breastfeeding training.
It would be desirable for initiatives like this Lactation Telephone Office of Hellín Hospital extended to all centers, for a recent mother with problems and doubts about breastfeeding having immediate and reliable advice is crucial.
