In response to a lady concerned at hostility from some health care providers
Here are a few very personal thoughts on getting along with people who you
feel are hostile to you because of your involvement with breastfeeding:
They may be very defensive about formula feeding their own children.
They may therefore dread their own children finding out the benefits of
breastfeeding them and questioning their own feeding experience.The spread
of breastfeeding information is scary.
Having to help mothers breastfeed if they feel untrained will be scary.
Having to help mothers breastfeed when you have formula fed may bring back
what an awful time breastfeeding was for you with maybe screaming  slow
gaining babies on resticted feeding, sore nipples from nipple confusion,
sore infected breasts from restricted feeding and a general sense of failure
at feeling unable to breastfeed.
We really open up some very deep feelings when we ask people to even think
about breastfeeding.
That's not to say give up the most important health work there is .
Just when coping with hostility think of them not on the toilet(classic
image) but struggling with poor breastfeeding misinformation, a hungry
baby and painful breasts.Or maybe as being that baby once.
Compassion is very hard to fight.
Best wishes
Susan Stockwell
Poole UK



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