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Jeanette Panchula <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:21:27 -0500
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Pamela did a great job of not blaming, but trying to "connect" with a mom. 
Often, when we call a mom to see how she's doing (we call them after
delivery to assess many things besides breastfeeding, such as does she have
an appointment for herself and her baby and does she need help getting her
insurance started - Public Health Department, you know) she says: "Oh the
nurse said he's nursing fine."  BUT if we ask more questions, we learn it
hurts, or she's got cracked and bleeding nipples.

Last week, as part of my monthly training to staff here (15 minutes
Lactation update), I used the video made in England for Midwives - and we
stopped the video when the baby was latched incorrectly (it gets better and
better during the video) and discussed how a busy nurse, seeing a baby on
this way, might have thought this was a "good" latch...and how there needed
to be some corrections.  The staff really found this very useful - and
again, I'm not blaming the nurse, just identifying tricks to use to REALLY
observe a latch.

Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC
Vacaville, CA

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