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CIndy posted about an <<article in British paper
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article360047.ece
This one is a dozy!>>
I've tried to pull it up twice, and it always ends in the middle of the
sentence about the percentage of teen moms in the second column. Has anyone else
had better luck?
This mom is really angry that breastfeeding didn't work out for her. I bet,
dollars to donuts (pounds to crumpets?) that had she gotten the proper
support and had she gone on to a fabulous breastfeeding relationship with her
nursling that she would have been a terrific advocate for breastfeeding. As it
is, we, the medical/nursing/lactation establishment failed her miserably. We
need to take a lesson from this, and figure out how we can collectively do it
better.
From giving mixed messages from the get go, from not (as far as I can tell)
picking up on the fact that this baby was on the breast constantly and
miserable, to not giving her the support she needed -- now we are lambasted in the
press, and breastfeeding is getting a dirty rap.
The article makes me sad. It's almost like getting a bad evaluation when
speaking -- despite the good ones, the bad one always stands out -- and if
there is validity in it, it motivates us to change.
Now I realize the fault does not lie entirely on the shoulders of the
lactation consultants -- the rest of the medical folk have something to answer for
too. But I think we all need to take it to heart. How many moms feel this
way, but simply aren't as articulate as this woman?
I for one am taking it to heart and want the moms to know that there is more
than one way to successful breastfeeding. We need to remember that new moms
are in the formal acquisition of parenting, and want to do it RIGHT. They
want rules, and they will listen to everyone -- and get horrendously confused
if they get differing opinions.
I'm sad this article was written, but I'm sadder still for the woman who
felt compelled to write it because she had such a horrible experience....
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC
Wheaton IL -- currently in cold & rainy Santa Barbara
_http://www.motherofbridebyjan.blogspot.com/_
(http://www.motherofbridebyjan.blogspot.com/)
_Torrey's Blog_ (http://www.marriedcouplebytorrey.blogspot.com/)
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