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Date: | Sat, 11 May 1996 11:20:03 -0500 |
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Kathy Koch writes about a mom with sores or cracks on outer side of
nipple. Over the phone, mom has assured her that positioning is fine. I'd
have a million bucks by now by if I had a nickle for everyone who has
assured me over the phone that their positioning was fine. Somebody who
knows how to assess latch-on needs to look at her. This would take about 10
min to fix, and points out the limitations of phone consultation. I have
done freq. phone consultations for 17 yrs, so I feel qualified to make that
remark. I continue to be dismayed by how quickly people assume that some
exotic problem with the frenulum or suck must surely be the problem when
re-positioning solves the vast majority of the problems I see involving
sore nipples. Lactation Consultants exist because some problems need to be
SEEN.
Barbara Wilson-Clay, BSE, IBCLC
priv. pract. Austin, Tx
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