you must not be talking about America, Alla. I was a newborn nursery nurse in the early 70's and and we supplemented the babies with Similac, I believe it was, premixed and also glucose water. Not powder. When were the first lactation consultants? 

Vicky York, IBCLC, CPD
Portland, OR



Date:    Tue, 9 Apr 2013 22:38:17 -0400
>From:    Alla Gordina <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Other Times
>
>On 4/9/2013 8:14 PM, vicky york wrote:
>> I'm wondering what the average lactation consult was like for you lc's who have been in practice for 15 or 20 years or more, before we had Medela, all the gadgets, and the peds talking about staying under 7% wt. loss, milk donors, etc.  Did you just spend a lot more time working with the latch?
>
>Tough question...
>I started my (very informal at that time) lactation work 30 years ago in 
>the country that did not have lactation consultants at all, where kids 
>were routinely supplemented in the nurseries and where the only formula 
>available was a powered bovine milk with crystals of table sugar in 
>it... And did I say that all baby's ailments were blamed on the "bad 
>breast milk" so the recommendation to stop breastfeeding was a standard 
>routine.
>
>Alla
>Alla Gordina, MD, IBCLC, FAAP
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