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Dianne Oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:56:02 -0700
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Hi Nikki

>Date:    Wed, 12 Oct 2005 05:04:12 EDT
>From:    Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: how we choose
>
>Dear Friends:
>     Could it be that folks are vulnerable when they  have no fundamental
>expertise or knowledge?   As an example, I am certain  that most people 
>don't know
>enough about cars or dentistry to make informed  choices....

Absolutely.  I don't doubt that this is the primary reason people follow 
the authorities with no questions asked.

I know from experience, though, that a mother's inner wisdom voices itself 
much louder when she is being confronted with mothering recommendations 
that are questionable at best (and possibly harmful) than it does when she 
is being told her car needs a new muffler or her tooth has a cavity.

This is where we, as breastfeeding professionals, can really make a 
difference (as long as we cross paths with these moms). We can encourage 
them to listen to their inner wisdom which will rarely steer them wrong. 
And I'm not talking about encouraging moms to necessarily do what they 
*think* is right (as authorities, the media, our culture, etc. have a lot 
to do with what we think); I'm talking about helping moms to access what 
*feels* right to them.  To the first mom that tells me "My doctor said I 
should start giving my one-month-old a pacifier" I will reply "What do you 
think about that advice?  How does it feel to you?"

>     We can't know enough about everything to make the  best choices in all
>areas of our life. I am sure that this is part of people's  healthcare 
>choices,
>particularly in a society where I have been raised to "do  everything that 
>the
>doctor says" and childbirth education videos mostly all  begin with a
>disclaimer that "this video is not meant to substitute for medical  advice".

As Norma Ritter and I discussed briefly, many people need to be 
_taught_  to question info laid in front of them. And then others need 
_permission_ to question.

~Dianne Oliver, LLLL, IBCLC
Simi Valley, CA


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