Oh...
That question does bring the memories...
I am always doing whatever normal people are not supposed to do.
So I did start my residency in Monmouth Medical not in July, like proper residents do, but in November '91. My first rotation was in the newborn nursery and I thought - that's where I would shine! So I am giving instructions to my first patient - you know, as I was taught in Russia - one breast per feeding, use the safety pin to mark the "used breast, massage before feeding, empty the breast after the feeding and so on. The nurse pulls the curtain ( she was attending to another patient in the same room), stops me in my tracks (and I thought that I was doing so great) and scolds me that in Am err risk women are breastfeeding from both breasts each feeding, that feeding from one breast per feeding will cause mastitis, that massage is bad, etc, etc, etc.
OK, while in the residency I had to teach mothers as I was required to, but the moment I graduated I did go back to my old Russian routines -breastfeeding from one breast at a time, toilet training before the 1st birthday and feeding babies not the jars but normal human food.
The rest,as they say, is history ;D
Alla Gordina, MD, IBCLC, FAAP
General Pediatrics
Adoption Medicine
Breastfeeding Medicine
Global Pediatrics and Family Medicine
Breastfeeding Medicine Education Initiative
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Tricia Shamblin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I'm wondering what everyone thinks about this advice - offer both breasts at each feeding? I think this may be outdated information knowing what we know about hindmilk now.
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>But I frequently encounter women given this advice. Am I wrong? I just tell them to put the baby on their breast and let it nurse as long as it wants to. When he comes off on his own, burp him and if he's done it's fine. If the baby seems to want more, put him on the other side. Opinions?
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>Thank you,
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>Tricia Shamblin, RN, BSN, IBCLC
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