i heard another lovely story today, which should rank high in the annals of
crime. my client gave birth, no complications, medications, or interferences,
and thirty minutes later, they "had to put formula on my nipples to get him to
latch on." aaah! they don't even wait until the poor little guy had a chance.
next thing you know they will be giving formula while the baby is still on the
perineum "just in case."

the nursing staff also "made fun" of this mother (her words) and "tried to
scare me" because she wouldn't use bottles for her baby and wanted to
breastfeed. of course, they won in the end, because they could not help her
get the baby breastfeeding successfully, and scared her into using supplements
on day two because he "was going to get dehydrated."

i suppose we shouldn't name names here, so i will only say that this hospital
doesn't start with the word "denver" but that of one of our suburbs, aurora,
and the direction that goes with the first part of the name is not north,
west, or east.

it's probably a good thing i am not also a lawyer.

carol brussel IBCLC