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Umm, yes. Breastfeeding doesn't come to new mothers naturally. It's a learned skill. And many new mothers have never been taught. When my wife was shown by a lactation consultant at the hospital, they were so busy they only were able to stay for 10m. And this was with a mother and baby having issues.
Easily accessible videos properly demonstrating techniques with a real baby would have been extremely helpful, but at the time exposed breasts for the purposes of breastfeeding weren't allowed on YT at all, let alone monetized. This has been huge effort by feminist groups for a reason.
Wow really? I'm shocked that this isn't like, a significant part of the whole process, with the midwife and hospital staff and post-birth care..
And that there isn't an abundance of easily accessible resources already in place to help new mothers.
I'm a dude without kids and even I'm aware that some babies don't take to breast feeding immediately, or even after a day or two. Not everyone has a midwife and hospital stays are ridiculously expensive in the US. Having a kid in a hospital can easily be tens of thousands of dollars (most of which insurance pays).