Cardiac nurses are dealing with the tail end of poor health behaviours not
the beginning. Anyone working with new mothers should be providing
anticipatory guidance on infant feeding issues. If we knew why and how
mothers used formula we could provide them with support and information that
would help them to avoid or minimise its use. At the very least you need to
know why formula is dangerous and how it harms the health of mothers and
babies so as to be able to allow women to make informed decisions about
infant feeding.
And pray tell who should be the expert on infant formula?? While those who
understand the importance of breastfeeding and the risks of artificial
feeding seek to keep themselves pure and untouched by the F word, industry
is only to happy to fill the gap. Here in Australia we no longer have the
Infant Formula Manufacturers of Australia but the Infant Nutrition Council-
to help support breastfeeding and formula feeding....
Karleen Gribble
Australia
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From: "Sam Doak" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 12:29 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] Need a reference!

> << For eg we really don't know why women start
> to use formula and how they use it. Without this information we cannot
> possibly do anything to help mothers avoid its use. IMO all those who wish
> to support mothers to breastfeed need to become "infant feeding" experts
> and
>
> know just as much about formula as we do about breastfeeding. How can we
> possibly make mothers aware of the potential consequences of using formula
> if we don't know this ourselves>>
>
> Ahh, but if we parallel the formula industry to the tobacco industry, we
> could say that we really don't know why kids start using tobacco and how
> they use it. Do they use it because of pressure from friends? Stressful
> situations? Being embarrassed because they're the only one of their
> friends
> who is going smoke-free? Hiding in a back room because they're afraid
> their
> parents will see them? As a cardiac nurse, it doesn't matter to me why or
> how, all I know is tobacco use is detrimental to health, kids are
> indoctrinated from the time they're born, and there is societal pressure
> regarding its use.
>
> Many of us have been criticized for not being able to help a mother go
> from
> breastmilk to formula (how much, how often, what type) and as a LLLL, I
> was
> quickly able to say I am a breastfeeding mother and have no experience
> with
> formula. As an RN IBCLC, the focus is a little different, but still, I am
> a
> breastfeeding expert. If you need help with formula, you need to contact
> someone who is more familiar. (a nurse in the hospital would have a
> different perspective with this).
>
> As an aside, I went to the hospital to visit my now former-IBCLC friend,
> and
> on the wall opposite the lactation room, there was a HUGE poster with all
> sorts of "health" information, including "pacifier safety" with a photo of
> a
> baby with a gigantic purple plug in his mouth, as well as an ad (1/5 of
> the
> poster) for a nipple that has 3 different settings. Very code friendly,
> eh?
>
> Best wishes,
> Sam Doak
>
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