Hi Susan,
Interesting you say this; I had a fascinating experience myself one month
ago.
When we were on the verge of getting our train to the airport to catch our
plane to England for the LCGB conference, we read the ad in the newspaper
that a friend of ours had lost his wife the day before. (Announcements are
usually in the newspaper the day after, so that people who don't get an
invitation for the funeral, know when it will be and can attend.) She died
of an aneurysma, only 62 years old.
Monday 6th of April, after she died the 1st, we attended the funeral. It was
packed and we had to stand in the hallway with many others and watch the
screens instead of our friend. Three times, during his speech, he mentioned
breastfeeding and ways of parenting. He said it was easy to let them go,
because the bond was strong and he thought that was due to his wife
breastfeeding their children. Before that, he had already said how beautiful
it had been, to see them at breast and later on he said: "And when the well
baby clinic would say that she should leave them to cry, they could get
lost, in her opinion, because she would pick them up and comfort them."
We were at a conference in Riga last year, my husband and I, while his wife
was faithfully babysitting their grandchild and did not join us. I told this
friend about my work with regard to excessive crying and he has known for a
long time about my breastfeeding work. Can't help but wonder whether it made
him think about their past with their kids. Now that their mother died, he
brought it up and that, once again, goes to show how talking about
breastfeeding as being the norm and important, really will seep through and
emerge at unexpected moments. I hugged him later on and said, crying: "I
didn't know I had such a good ambassador in you!" He held me and said: "Ah,
well... I just thought it was appropriate to say it, as it is so important."
They are sweet people.
Those experiences... they linger and make you strong and motivated to do
some unexpected protection and promotion yourself in some other situation.
You never know, do you...
Warmly,
Marianne Vanderveen IBCLC, Netherlands
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> I was shocked. Here was someone who was preaching to several thousand
> people over 9 different services who referred to breastfeeding as normal,
> expected, and good. He didn't mention alternatives or choices. He used
> breastfeeding as an analogy for where everyone starts life. > Susan Small
> RN BSN
> new to Calgary, Canada
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