Hi Nikki and All,
I recently received a call from a distributor of a *new and improved*
breastfeeding pillow who wanted me to see their materials in hopes that I,
as a pp lc, would have an interest in becoming one of their reps. I told
them that I do not recommend bf pillows and prefer to work with mom in her
own environment with the pillows/supports she has on hand but they were
welcome to send their info to me anyway and I'd take a look. The info came
with some printed material and a CD to view. This new-fangled device did
just about everything but wash the kitchen dishes! It doubled and
tripled as this and that, and, you know what the beauty of it was?? Now
get this- cause I know that this is something that many of us have been
wanting for the moms we work with (tongue firming implanted in cheek....)-
the pillow was designed such that baby can just lie on it at exactly the
correct height to reach mom's breasts and mom does not have to hold the
baby at all!!! This way, mom's arms do not get tired!!! Is that awesome
or what????
;-)
~Dianne Oliver, IBCLC
Simi Valley, CA
P.S. Thanks, Nikki, for that reference to Procrustes. I was not familiar
with him!
>Dear Friends:
> I saw yet another case today of a dyad having problems because the
>mother was trying to manipulate her breast and baby to fit the fancy nursing
>pillow. Those pillows should come with a warning, "Please place pillow
>AFTER baby
>is comfortably latched on". Nursing pillows are truly procrustean. "[L, fr.
>Gk Prokroustes Procrustes, a villainous son of Poseidon in Greek
>mythology who
>forces travelers to fit into his bed by stretching their bodies or cutting
>off their legs] : marked by arbitrary often ruthless disregard of individual
>differences or special circumstances."
> I got a copy of the classic Childbirth Without Fear, edited by Helen
>Wessel and Harlan F. Ellis. Dr. Ellis speaks of being taught in the
>mid-1950s by
>a physician who taught that "Tense doctor = tense patient = tense cervix =
>pain". Maybe the obstetricians should be using the epidurals!
> 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
>www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
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