Hi all, Below is a letter from the Oklahoma Coordinator of Postpartum Internation to the founder of PSI, Jane Honikman and her response on the show Stronge Medicine about LCs. I was not at all pleased with her remarks and have voiced my upset. Crystal Stearns RNC, MS, IBCLC Mercy Memorial Health Center Ardmore, OK 73401 > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 4:25 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Correspondence with Jane Honikman > > Hi Cheryl-- > Could you take a look at this and forward it on to Crystal? Thanks. > --Sheryl > > Hello Crystal-- > Cheryl Jazzar told me that you had contacted her concerning the > Lifetime > program about PPD. Truthfully, I felt validated that your opinion matched > my > own. I corresponded about this with Jane Honikman, the founder and > executive > director of PSI. She was very excited about the program and I tried not > to > come across as being critical. Here is a copy of that correspondence. > Best wishes and please keep in touch! > --Sheryl Cozad > > Hi Jane-- > The Lifetime website information and your story looked very good. > The > whole thing--program and all-- went quite well. The Strong Medicine > program put major points across, and I am sure it will have a positive > impact > on > PPD awareness. > The only thing that concerned me was the depiction of the lactation > consultant as an ignorant bully. (I know you didn't write it!) Certainly > untrained labor and delivery nurses trying to show a new mother how to > breastfeed come across that way sometimes (and well-intentioned family and > friends), but in Oklahoma the first people who expressed interest in PPD > information were breastfeeding consultants and La Leche League members. I > was a little concerned that they would see that depiction as a slap in the > face--especially vis-a-vis the depiction of a compassionate doctor with > loads of spare time on her hands. > However, the whole program was a large step forward. And whenever I > have encountered an anxious or depressed mother who has decided to stop > breastfeeding, I always have tried to validate her decision. Her > emotional well-being is the larger issue. > Congratulations again on excellent work! > --Sheryl Cozad > > > Subj: Re: Congratulations on the media coverage > Date: 1/18/01 1:45:02 PM EST > From: [log in to unmask] (Jane Honikman) > To: [log in to unmask] > > I agree with you Sheryl. I was so surprised as to how they depicted the > lactation consultant but the truth is many are like that. The writer must > have had a negative experience? Anyway, if the breastfeeding folks watched > it perhaps they will realize that they DO need to change their training. I > was upset to read about your health status. And very impressed by your > energy to keep doing so much work for PPD. THANKS so much!! Jane > *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html