Kathy,
Coach Smith has some really great one liners in her game book and one of them is that one ounce of colostrum is equal to 16 ounces of formula for the amount of protein intake. Not bad since someone just gave a talk on volume and you have the info why volume doesnt count, protein does.
And how about starting by using the long paragraph about a miracle medicine that leaves you hanging until the end as to what it is and then you find out it is human milk. Someone else may have the URL for this or where you can find the quote, but it went over big with our physician clientelle during a peer presented portion of our breastfeeding toolbox in Germany to American Army physicians.
And maybe some of the cutting edge stuff like the studies that show how human milk changes to meet the needs of the individual infant after contact with infant saliva etc.
Help them to find value in human milk.
These are things that may catch their attention instead of talking or yawning, because they have heard it all before. They havent heard this!!
Theresa Johnson RNC IBCLC
Orlando Florida
Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:OK, wise ones...
Wednesday I am on a panel of 3 people talking about breastfeeding at
Grand Rounds to Family Practice residents. I have 10 minutes, and one
of the RN/IBCLCs whom I work with (who also works for a hospital) has 5
minutes, and a nursery nurse has 5 minutes. We called the nursery nurse
today to ask what she is going to speak about so we don't overlap. She
is planning to include talking about supplementing babies until their
mothers "have enough milk".
I will not be on "my turf", as I work at a breastfeeding center
independent of the hospital, and I don't want to step on any toes.
However, I view this as a unique opportunity to teach the residents
something. I am planning on stating that babies need to get to the
breast early and often, and that formula supplementation should be
avoided unless medically necessary, and will go on to include the "just
one bottle" references. I anticipate this will be in direct opposition
to what the nursery nurse plans to say.
Any suggestions/ammunition for this encounter?? I plan to avoid using
the words "baby friendly" or "10 steps", as these are dirty words in the
nursery.
Thanks-
Kathy Leeper, MD, IBCLC
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