Even though the mind is not thinking too clearly yet early on what my mind
is saying is a Monday morning, but in reality is Tuesday morning, I just
thought of another piece of the "breastfeeding equipment" puzzle that is
being discussed here.  One of the main reasons women have so much trouble
breastfeeding in public (at least here in the US) may be because it's next
to impossible to lug around all the "equipment" they've been told they
can't breastfeed without.  Imagine, baby gets hungry while mom is shopping
the world's largest shopping mall (Woodfield or Mall of America, take your
pick).  Now she not only has to find a "private" spot (maybe not, because
many states have now passed a LAW), sit down, pull out her trusty pillow,
open her nursing top and nursing bra, take out the shells she's using to
form her nipples to bottle nipple length, also remove the nursing pads
she's using to absorb the leaked milk caused by the shells due to excessive
aerolar stimulation, then remove the hydrogel dressings being used to
combat the sore nipples she still has due to improper latch.  Oh, don't
forget the lanolin to be applied liberally after nursing and maybe, the
baby didn't get enough to eat this feeding, so she pulls out the bottle of
EBM, and gee, her breasts are still uncomfortably full, so maye she needs
to go into the bathroom (or maybe back to her car) and use the breast pump
she has also packed with her....I think we now get the idea how many
mothers perceive their nursing experiences.  And I'm not too tongue-in-
cheek with the scenario I just painted.  This is reality for some of the
mothers I work with.

Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL  USA

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