Like Liz Brooks, I am not sure what was the best thing about the VELB conference in Vienna, the conference sessions, the city it was held in, or the breaks when I got to put faces to a lot more names from this list. I could add one more great thing, and that was sharing a small, bare-bones hotel room with two friends for four nights: our laugh muscles are still recovering, I think, and we are ready to room together again. Perhaps the most momentous thing for me was getting to meet Jean Cotterman in person, because the simple technique she has described for displacing edema fluid under the nipple/areola so a baby can latch, is a tool that I use many many times every week, and I am consciously grateful to her for sharing it, every single time. I do know what was the very worst thing about the conference for me. It was that I was ashamed of several other attendees from my country of residence, because none of the ones who were involved in the new version of the film 'Breast is Best', managed to prevent Jean's work (on postpartum breast edema) from being presented in it without any mention whatsoever that it is, indeed, her work, as described in numerous published articles in print and on line, over the last decade or so. It was especially painful to me since Jean herself was present, and had to endure the screening of the film for anyone who wanted to see it, in the largest auditorium at the venue, and she is so gracious that she did not, as far as I know, mention it to the people who were involved. They could have taken the opportunity to honor her publicly. Instead, they said nothing at all. I've discussed this with a couple of the people behind the film earlier. After much mulling it over, I have decided to send this post, because their responses were not at all satisfactory, and showed a disregard for the notion of giving credit where credit is due. Jean is a subscriber here, and I want it on record on Lactnet that at least one person in Norway knows who first distinguished between edema and milk engorgement and presented a manual technique for enabling breastfeeding despite severe edema. I have had nothing to do with this new version of the film. I translated the first version into English about fifteen years ago, (back when we were still saying 'breast is best'!) and people who know me might think I was involved now too; I most certainly was not. Please, if you happen to see the film, know that I did what I could to get its makers to acknowledge Jean, but was unsuccessful. Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome