In a message dated 1/7/0 3:57:33 PM, Kathy writes:

<< ...first-time moms in
traditional cultures don't have anything to "learn" about breastfeeding or
taking care of newborns.  They learned it all by watching, listening, and
helping as they were growing up...... >>

and i admit as much to expectant parents: i tell prenatal classes that the
only reason i have a job right now teaching prepared childbirth and
breastfeeding is because most of us did not grow up watching our female
relatives and friends birth and breastfeed their babies. i think this helps
expectant parents understand why they are there in class.

maybe the lc profession will one day be just an interesting topic in US
sociology classes.

Deb

Deborah Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway

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