Comments on: Maternity Leave in France

By: Bondy Mehrmann

Bondy Mehrmann — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:16:58 +0000

I think that it is interesting though to point out that despite these generous maternity leaves the La Leche League International notes that France has a breastfeeding initiation rate of only 50% which is far below America’s rate of about 70-75%. This ties in with another discussion on this site where another contributor is arguing that America’s dismal maternity leaves are responsible for low breastfeeding rates. I’m trying to tackle these apparent contradictions in a paper I am writing about breastfeeding so any ideas on this would be helpful.

By: Antonia Chitty

Antonia Chitty — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:24:06 +0000

That’s really interesting: I’d like to link from my blog if that’s OK?
Antonia

By: Lady M

Lady M — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:19:57 +0000

Interesting how the incentives rise with the addition of more children. Their govt is putting their money where their mouths are!