Hello all,

A while ago I asked you for ideas for lectures on bf for community nurses
and family physicians. I got some very good suggestions, and last week I
gave these lectures (two for nurses and one for docs).

The lectures went very well, but of course there were much less doctors
(about 40%) than for our regular lectures (about hypertention, diabetes
etc.), held every two weeks . Those who did come, said they learned a lot
they have never heard about (simple management - growth spurt, positioning
and latch, sore nipples, mastitis etc.).

One of the doctors said to his nurse (who told me) that now he finally
understands why his wife didn't bf more than a short time - he had never
heard about growth spurts, and they assumed that at six weeks her milk had
run out - because the baby would cry every hour...

The nurses were also very interested, and asked for more lectures.

I felt very good giving these lectures - it is much easier to give a
lecture on something you know very well, than on some subject someone has
chosen for you to give a lecture on, or even a journal club. I will try to
work more on education of doctors and nurses - I feel that this is a very
important aspect of promoting breastfeeding.

Another subject I promised to let you know about, was the distribution of a
parent's magazine full of ABM ads in primary care clinics. I wrote to the
local and national managers of the healthcare organization that runs these
clinics, and got very fast responses (within days). They checked who was
responsible for this distribution, and promised that this would not be
repeated.

Thank you all for the encouragement to go ahead and do these things - give
lectures, complain about the violation of the code - your collective
support is very important.

Mira Leibovich, MD

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