Given that all the research on long-term breastfeeding has been done in the
US prior to my study (and therefore my thoughts on what mothers were likely
to say were based on the N American experience) I was relatively surprised
to see how infrequently Australian dyads use "code words" for breastfeeding.
It's just not done much here it seems. The other big difference I noticed
between N American and Aussie experience is that while US research has found
that a large % of women continue to breastfeed past infancy because of a
"natural philosophy" this is not the case for Aussie mums. I think it
indicates that we've got a different sort of population in Australia vs the
US and that perhaps long-term breastfeeding is less marginalised in
Australia.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: Nursing confusion


> In America, one would be mortified if one's two year old yelled out "I
> WANT BOOBIE" in public, so American nursing code words are usually more
> discreet, in line with our more uptight culture. My daughter called it
> milk, so I could tell her "we'll have milk at home", which she
> understood to mean "I'll nurse you when we get home" and strangers
> understood as "stupid mom forgot to bring this kid's bottle". I suspect
> if I had a baby now (both my offspring are University students) I would
> not care, but back then I was "just a mom" and vulnerable to all kinds
> of family and societal pressures.
> Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC
>
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