To: The Government
We need more midwives
A Guardian article dated 14th February 2017 stated that tens of thousands of new mothers can't find a midwife
Why is this important?
New babies and mother's are leaving hospital too early. This is affected the babies ability to learn to feed. This is potentially lethal and inhibits a new mothers confidence to continue to breast feed. Such babies miss out on the gifts that breast feeding provides such as increased immunity and decreased sensitivity to food allergens aswell as the emotional bond and comfort breast feeding provides.
