1) In ~1967 when I was ~12yo I saw the teenage wife of my young cousin
breastfeed her new baby in the back seat of a car in a park, ...she was a hippy
and I was a hippy wannabe so, it was set in my mind forever more that
breastfeeding was the cool way to feed a baby.
2) as a young pediatric nurse I saw post-op babies breastfeed on the units
and in PICU. Those babies did so much better recovering and recuperating.
Subsequently as a mother-baby nurse saw and helped many on the units.
3) when I was a young nurse working evenings in PICU a scrawnie sick baby of
about three weeks old was abandoned in the unit, pulmonary problems and FTT,
...the image in my mind even now is of a pitifully crying baby alone in a
crib in the dark, the large window of the room looking down on the lonely
streets illuminated by the glowing lights of the city abandoned during the dead of
night, ...we held the mournful baby when we could, and when we did she would
calm and we could see the slight little hope of a twinkle in her hollowed
eyes. She did not have a name so we called her Twinkle.
Over the next many days we tried every formula readily available and special
ordered, but the baby could not tolerate any of these concoctions and
continued with severe FTT. Finally, desperately, we decided to try breastmilk.
This was way before milk banks so we called LLL. The moms brought milk to
the hospital, it was stored in the deep freezer far far away in the basement. We
would regularly send an aide to fetch milk and the baby drank and calmed
and gained and grew. The LLL moms also donated cloths for the baby. Twinkle was
eventually moved out of PICU and gradually out of our busy young lives.
Years later I was in that city visiting that hospital and my PICU friend who
still worked there. We were walking down a hallway off the lobby. A lovely
lady and smiling rosy-cheeked young girl passed by us happily chatting
together, leaning towards each other as they walked. My friend leaned in toward me to
whisper - "you know who that is" ...."no" I said without a clue, my friend
leaned in closer to whisper "that's Twinkle." I was shocked and speechless and
in awe and deeply grateful to have seen her so robust and happy.
I came to find out that day that Twinkle had been adopted following her stay
in PICU. Her new family had given her a new name and a loving home. She and
her mom were at the hospital making a routine visit to the pulmonary clinic.
By all accounts her pulmonary issues were being well managed, she was active
with a normal lifestyle for her age, and happy enjoying life.
That's how I learned to breastfeed.
And those experiences lead me to became an LC. Next recert will be 20yr but
on a "break" from LC work for last 3+ years.
Debbie Tobin
Daniel's Mom, WSHS Class of 2009,-->TBA soon
_Steven_
(http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1553008262291212972&ei=8KdBSZ-7I4igqgKJ45Fv&q=volscars&hl=en) 's Mom, _WSHS_
(http://www.dyestat.com/3state/VA/3xc/statemeet.htm) Class of 2004,-->_UT Student Athlete_
(http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-xc/mtt/tobin_steve00.html)
Deanna's Mom, WSHS Class of 2001,-->VT-->_GMU_ (http://www.gmu.edu/)
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