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Date: | Thu, 9 Jun 2005 16:27:34 EDT |
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Dear Friends:
The nurse-in outside ABC studios has made many people think and talk. I
agree with Merewyn and her comments about how crazy things are here in the
USA where breasts are used to sell everything, from beer to toothpaste to cars.
Jennifer Lopez appeared at some national awards ceremony a few years ago in
a sheer dress held together with sticky tape, and that is fine. But if some
mother nurtures her baby in public, people are 'uncomfortable' and equate
caring for a baby with elimination of bodily wastes. The US is truly unique in
the world for its discomfort with the basic function of breasts.
A nurse that I have worked with called me last week. She pumps at work
in a major local hospital; she uses an expensive pump that looks like a black
pocketbook, and keeps it in the nurse's lounge. She has been asked by other
nurses to cover up that 'revolting' piece of equipment; apparently just seeing
the pump is enough to make some nurses 'uncomfortable'. She asked me what to
do. I suggested she call the lactation consultant at the local health
department for some organizational support; she has already spoken to the head of
human resources at the hospital.
Meanwhile, has anyone noticed the latest trend to squish breasts into
low cut, tight bodices? So not only is their natural function obscured, but so
is their natural shape.
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative
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