Norm, our Medical Student sysop at UMMED, wrote this anecdote of his class
yesterday, where a question was asked re: support of a bf mother. Read and
smile..and if you want to, write to Norm ..at [log in to unmask] with
your impressions. Enjoy

---- Norm said:

"Oh, by the  way Kathleen -- today in  one of the  small group  sessions for
family medicine, the question came up "such and such a simulated patient is
considering  breast feeding (she's bottle  fed  all her previous children).
What do you tell her?"  I guess I do know more than the average med student
-- I  blasted through "breast is best  and here's why,  find out if she has
any 'tribal support' through relatives who've breast fed, find out what she
plans to do about work, get in touch with a consultant if necessary, see if
she wants books or brochures, blah blah blah" while everyone else was still
looking fairly stunned :-) I remember thinking  while I was saying it "this
is all pretty basic, others will fill  in the details,"  but I think I said
more than the preceptor was expecting us to come up with as a group :-)"

Norm
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Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC, LLLeader, co-owner Lactnet, LLLOL, Corgi-L
LACTNET WWW site: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html