Help:
I'm in an uncomfortable situation, and I'm not sure what to do. Let me
explain briefly. We have a new Childbirth instructor at the Hospital
where I'm employed as the Childbirth instrutor two nights a week and I'm
also the hospitals I.B.C.L.C. on staff as the Lactation Consultant.
Anyway the new girl wanted to cut classes to 4 weeks instead of 6. That
got down played shall we say and the compromise is that we still offer a
6 week program with the last class being childcare issues , postpartum
depression, feeding options breast and bottle, safety, etc. Doesn't it
look stupid for the lactation consultant to be teaching how to bottle
feed your baby! If I could only tell them the truth about formula. Of
course I'm sure that wouldn't go over to well with my employer. I said
that I wasn't comfortable about discussing bottle feeding because I'm
the L.C. but, my boss just went on to something else of course. I'm very
frustrated. I can't wait to hear your words of wisdom. I asked if there
is a short film that can be put on to cover this topic but, none of us
knew one off hand. Any help would be appreciated. My boss said you need
to educate parents on all aspects and more than 50% choose  formula.
Yuck!
How do you tell them the great benifits of nursing and then take a
breath and talk about the benefits and how to formula feed. I feel like
I'm a traiter.  Anyone who knows me knows I'm a very strong proponent of
breastfeeding. I'd rather be silent about bottle feeding than have to
teach it. Thanks for letting me vent!!!!!!
KIM PINCUS R.N., I.B.C.L.C., A.C.C.E
        I'm proud of what my credentials stand for.