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>I'm glad I'm not the only one who 'waves breasts' at clients.
>I have thought of getting my mum to knit me a breast !!!! but I'm not
>sure I'd look any better waving a knitted frisbee about.
>What do others do??
I do both. I have a lovely knitted breast bought from a LLLLeader
with a handy mom who has knitted oodles.(Marianne Taylor where are you?) I
use whichever is easier. If I am teaching in a classroom I am simply not
adequately endowed enough to be seen in the back row. I usually make jokes
about my 'spare' breast to get the dads relaxed a little. I handle it
throughout the sections of the class dealling with positioning and anatomy
(illustrating position of milk sinuses, inverted or flat nipple, hand
expression, etc). It has the advantage that I can hold it away from my body
to show hand positions etc. On a one on one situation I gauge the comfort
level of the mom and use whatever is appropriate (and of course I remain
clothed).
Occasionally I will have a student nurse (no children) available to
help demonstrate positioning. I ask their permission specifying we will use
the cloth breast and that I expect (want) them to feel uncoordinated. It
works really well with a lot of humour and they typically do all of the
things new moms do and that we want to illustrate.
>"Without interest and passion, nothing great has ever happened in history.
GWF Hegel"
Rhoda Taylor, B.A., IBCLC, Duncan, B.C., Canada<
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