On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:14:14 -0400, Ellen Penchuk, IBCLC
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<snip>>By NOT educating them, by not using "the dirty little word", YOU are
>reinforcing the notion that colostrum is not valuable and therefore, not
>worth mentioning.
>
>But, by educating them about the importance of colostrum, you are giving
>them a better understanding of the amazing world of breastfeeding and the
>unsurpassed advantages of human milk, in ALL its' variations.
>
>If we, as LCs, choose not to educate new moms on the importance of
>colostrum and the natural process of the first 3 days (until the "real"
>milk comes in), WHO will???  Pediatricians? OB/GYNs? RNS? PLEASE rethink
>your position, your terminology and use the word COLOSTRUM when speaking
>with new parents.
>
>Ellen Penchuk, IBCLC, RLC


Point well made.  I see mothers while in the hospital, maybe for an hour
total for each mother.  I sometimes have to deal with the cultural attitude
that colostrum is not good enough.  Calling it newborn milk gets across the
idea that it is special for newborns.

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