>
> A strange request - I am wondering if anyone can suggest where I
> might find
> a photo of a mother nursing with painful expession on her face?
>
> Jean Ridler RN RM IBCLC
> South Africa [log in to unmask]
>
Jean asked for a picture of a nursing mother with a painful
expression on her face, and instantly the images came to mind from
old ads in baby and parenting magazines in the US for the Playtex
Nurser. The text stated, "No other bottle comes closer to breast-
feeding." Pictured side-by-side were a mother nursing her baby and
then bottle feeding the same baby. In the nursing photo the mother
had a forced, faint smile (more like gritting her teeth), her sweater
was unbuttoned down from the top, the baby's hand was hiding his
eyes, and the distance between the mother's and baby's heads was wide
apart. When she bottle fed her smile was natural and happy, she and
the baby shared a loving gaze, and their faces were close together.
Of course her wedding ring was clearly visible in this pose (but not
seen in the breastfeeding photo).
The approximate text for this ad is still available on the internet,
but without the photos: http://www.shopbug.com/catalog/
product_info.php/products_id/4169?osCsid=8e7nl3anh8jiebtrqe6fcc9st5
Another example comes from a 1987 Ross "Breastfeeding Information
Series" pamphlet titled, "Breastfeeding." Here again, the
breastfeeding photos show mothers smiling, but in a forced, stiff
way. They never have eye contact with their babies and are always
dressed in nightgowns with the exception of one photo where the Dad
is cooking dinner while the mother nurses her baby while sitting next
to the stove. (The baby has a truly terrible latch). Unspoken
message: if you are breastfeeding, Dad is forced to make dinner, and
your sweater has to be hitched up in a way to expose your breast and
your whole stomach, too. Everyone is tense and uncomfortable.
I don't know whether these types of images are available to you in
your part of the world today, but look at the baby bottle or formula
ads or their so-called "breastfeeding information" for a start.
Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLLL
Madison, WI
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