Hi, All:  Rachel's post and subsequent discussion is a subject society 
(especially here in the US) needs to pay particular attention to.  Parents 
today don't even get mixed messages from their HCPs re: feeding their 
infants.  The message is totally contradictory - at birth, parents are told 
(actually frightened into) to stuff their babies to the gills, otherwise baby will 
lose too much weight, suffer permanent brain damage due to inadequate 
intake, suffer permanent brain damage due to hyperbilirubinemia, and on and 
on and on.  Then, parents are told that their 6 month-old is too fat and it their 
fault that their baby is now obese and at risk for diabetes, heart disease, 
stroke, high cholestrerol, etc. This continues throughout childhood and into 
adulthood.  Is it any wonder that parents today don't know what to do?
I just don't understand how a bunch of highly educated/otherwise 
knowledgeable people (HCPs in general) just don't get the connection between 
ABM and not breastfeeding to all the health woes modern society is burdened 
with.  ABM feeding teaches overeating - breastfeeding teaches to stop eating 
when one feels full.
I have a little statement I got from somewhere (don't remember) that says:
"Other researchers have determined that intuitive eating has 3 components:  
unconditional permission to eat when hungry and to eat what food you desire; 
eating for physical rather than emotional reasons; and reliance on internal 
hunger and fullness cues to determine when and how much to eat."
Eating is supposed to be an enjoyable experience.  How many of us can say 
that the mothers/babies we work with are enjoying breastfeeding?


Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL    USA

Who does what she does for a living because she feels food is an art form and 
eating is a religion.  And wants to get babies off to a good start.

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