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> From:         Lanning, Debi
> Sent:         Tuesday, December 02, 1997 9:40 AM
> To:   'Lactnet'
> Subject:      FW: lactation diets and acronyms
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> From:         Lanning, Debi
> Sent:         Tuesday, December 02, 1997 9:39 AM
> To:   'Lactnet'
> Subject:      lactation diets and acronyms
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> I received a call from a dietitian at a local hospital who was asked
> by their lactation consultant to develop a lactation diet for moms
> while they are in the postpartum unit.  After I stopped laughing, I
> began to wonder if I was out of the loop and there is such a thing.  I
> figured you guys would know.  The only thing the lactation consultant
> told her was she needed to have non gassy foods on the menu.  I do not
> know if this lactation consultant is certified.  The dietitian would
> appreciate any help she can get.  The lactation consultant told the
> dietitian that it is a joint commission standard to have a lactation
> diet. Hmmm.
>
> On to acronyms.  I HATE them.  You may find it faster to type them but
> it takes the reader longer to read and figure (or never figure) them
> out.  Since the majority of you seem to be strong proponents of hand
> expression, I would like you to be equally strong proponents of clear
> completely typed words.  A good typist can type out what he/she means
> just as easily as hitting the caps button and typing the acronym.
>
>  I NEVER acquired the skill of hand expression and chose pumping
> because for me it was quicker and easier.  With extremely short
> hospital stays I don't think it is possible to teach hand expression.
> I know it is extremely difficult to teach it over the phone.  Not
> every mother can be or wants a LLL leader to refer them on to a
> lactation consultant so the in person teaching may never take place.
> I don't view pumping as a bad thing.  I know a woman who breastfed her
> first child 6 mons, 2nd 3 mons. and never even started with the third
> child because she hated the feeling of being tied down. (I know - why
> did she even have them?  But the question is too late because they are
> already born.)  She would have pumped but would have never hand
> expressed.  So what would have been better for those children?
> Expressed breast milk or formula (a very good word!)?
>
> Debi Lanning/St. Petersburg, FL.
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