--- On Thu, 7/31/08, Marianne Vanderveen-Kolkena <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Most of you won't be able to read the Dutch, but I'll post the link 
nevertheless... ;o) 
http://www.borstvoeding.com/files/LactatiekundigereactieConceptrichtlijn.080625.pdf

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It really is a pity, indeed, because it is a very good, thoroughly written piece. I should know, I proof-read ;-)

<...>
far, in my region, to be denounced. As polite and as factual as I am, they 
still say: "We did not feel respected by you", <...> come up with suggestions to 
improve the situation, because otherwise the mother is not respected!
<...>an environment that is still so hostile towards empathetic baby care and 
breastfeeding?
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Well, I'm in the process of writing my leaflett and I state this:
''De lactatiekundige richt zich op de twee-eenheid moeder-kind. Vanwege de stemloosheid van het kind zal de lactatiekundige ten alle tijde optreden als de stem voor dit kind en zijn/haar welzijn de hoogste prioriteit geven. Dat wil natuurlijk niet zeggen dat aan de belangen, behoeften en gevoelens van de moeder voorbij wordt gegaan.''

The lactation consultant focuses on the mother-child dyad. Because of the voicelessness of the child, the lactation consultant will always act as the voice of the child and keep his/her well-being her first priority. That will, of course, not exclude the concerns, needs and feelings of the mother.
That means, that as an LC I would in the first place would like to be felt respected by the child.

In counseling or teaching I like to say things like: this is what a baby is like and what babies have been like for all times. They don't change and their needs don't change. Societies do and is is our task to fit in society's needs in baby's needs.

Warmly,

Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL in very sunny and warm southern Netherlands





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