Cujane

You have all been extremely helpful for my project. In addition to the information from here and other nursing forums, we had interviewed many teenagers, male and female, that have not had children, to get a perspective and understanding of beliefs before the issue would even arise. We developed a great brochure and poster to hand out to teenage moms, designed to open the conversation on the primary issues and to give them avenues to get more information. As it was a project for a course, there is reference to that which would not be on a final draft. If anyone is interested in having a copy of this, we would be willing to send it to you. My personal email is [email protected] to request it. Thanks again for all of your help! Barb and Bronwyn

Congratulations Bethany for your success and kudos for your tenacity! Thank you all for your replies -- they have all been very helpful!

Thank you for your answer...and it is every bit as valid as a nurse's answer! What did they do that made it so successful? Were you planning on breastfeeding during your pregnancy? How long did you/have you been breastfeeding? Did you have support to breastfeeding after you left the hospital? Your answers could very well help other teen moms!

I am working on a project to study the influences of nursing staff on teens breastfeeding and to develop avenues to address the variety of issues that will likely arise from the survey. I know that there are a wide variety of attitudes and influences on this matter and would really appreciate any input that anyone that works OB can provide. The basic questions our research group is asking are: How often do you work with teen moms regarding Breastfeeding? Never, rarely, sometimes, often? Do you have personal beliefs surrounding teen pregnancy/parenthood and breastfeeding? Please explain. What do you see as barriers with communication with teen moms and breastfeeding? Ideas on how to improve this? Do you find your role is different regarding breastfeeding with a teen verses an older mother, and how? In general do you feel well skilled in dealing with teens and breastfeeding? What do you think are the main hindrances' regarding teens and breastfeeding? Any ideas of how the team of health care providers could improve breastfeeding rates in teen moms? Thank you thank you thank you for any help you can provide!