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Hi Lactnetters
I have been silent on Lactnet because of pressure of work (writing) and the
interruptions of the hospital routine. It has been 3 ½ months in various
hospitals. Now that I have been home nearly a week, I wanted to say how
greatly I appreciated the messages from individual Lactnetters, especially
early in my recovery. Two beautiful cards came today, after being forwarded
between various addresses round the world since December. I shall reply
individually to these by letter.
What have I learnt while laid up? I’ve learnt that there are a lot of
people out there a lot worse off than I was; that femurs take time to heal
and won’t be hurried up; that I could still do breastfeeding-related things
when completely bed-bound, thanks to my laptop; that friends and colleagues
in the lactation-support community are so very, very kind. I was reminded
that the resilience I found I had during a long recovery six years ago was
still with me – it hadn’t packed up and left. I didn’t welcome this
traumatic setback, but I’ve come through it.
Currently, till healing is complete, I am mobile on one Canadian crutch,
which I find easier to manage than two.
Now a small request. My research this year (self-funded on a shoestring, no
funding from industry) is on informal milk banking in Australia in the
1970s-‘80s. I would like to hear from any Lactnetters from Australia - New
South Wales and Victoria in particular - who can put me in touch with people
who have reliable information about local mother-support groups storing EBM
on request from hospitals during that period when many hospitals were no
longer collecting EBM from postnatal mothers. I began this last year.
Best wishes
Virginia
Dr Virginia Thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC, FILCA
Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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