Jaye writes:

Who really  tried hard to stay professional with that comment...I succeeded -
but  barely.  Hard not to laugh out loud sometimes...  
I have a standard response for those situations:  "Gee, I haven't  heard of a 
mom being told (fill in the blank) recently.  There  are many lactation 
experts who would not agree with that.  Would you like  to hear some other 
information that is based on research?"  I have found  that many moms, or even 
students in my childbirth classes, seem receptive to  that approach.  
 
I find it really frustrating on my VNA MCH visits to have to be the  sixth 
(or whatever number) nurse who has a different suggestion or teaching  approach 
for a mom who is struggling with a particular problem,  usually, but not 
always, injured nipples due to poor  latch/positioning.  After acknowledging and 
validating their feelings, at  least I can say that I am an IBCLC who has had 
the benefit of the most  recent training and research, so I hope that my 
information will  be helpful.  One must tread lightly so as not to appear to be  
"dissing" the staff nurses.
 
I also ask the moms to consider the option of remarking in the  "patient 
satisfaction survey" which they will receive, that they got conflicting  
information from the hospital nurses. I tell them that this might  help future moms to 
get effective and up-to date information and  instruction.  Since I don't 
usually have sustained contact with these moms,  I don't know how many of them 
actually do put their feelings into written  word.  I am trying to keep a log, 
but it seems that there are so many women  experiencing breastfeeding 
difficulties when they leave the hospital, that it is  the rare woman who is not having 
some issue.  I do not meet with the  hospital nurses on any formal basis, but 
I do try to let the Special Care  Nursery nurse who is the official IBCLC for 
the hospital know what I am  encountering in the home.
 
Mary-Jane  Sackett, RN, BSN, IBCLC, CCE, CD(DONA)
Registered Lactation Consultant,  Certified Childbirth Educator and Doula
Maternal  Child Health Visiting Nurse
Pittsfield, MA  




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