Hi, folks! I just wanted to say thanks for the words of encouragement for the mom who is anticipating the csect delivery of her spina bifida daughter. I talked to her this evening and it was a good time to call. Seems she is not going to last the 2 weeks to her original date, and is trying to schedule a csect for in the morning(Tuesday). She is in good spirits, and appreciated the kind words of support and encouragement. I asked her how old her other kids are and she said 14, 10, 7, and 4 (2 are step children). She has a friend who had a spina bifida baby 10 years ago who nursed her baby, and no doubt they will be great comfort to each other. Hearing her story, and many of the other stories here on Lactnet makes me even more appreciative of the healthy kids I have been blessed with and puts some of the nuisance problems in perspective. On the subject of names for nursing, when Dan was a baby, when he would want to nurse, I would say "okay" (I said that a lot--when I taught, my high school students would sometimes count the times I said it--the more wound up I was, the more times I said it!!). He started calling it "Hokey" which for some unknown reason I corrupted into "Hokey Pokey" and he in turn picked that up. Made for a few quizzical looks the first time his kiddie gym class announced it was time to "do the Hokey Pokey"!! When Merrilee came along, Dan was just almost 4 and Hokey Pokey was still a part of the household vocabulary (tho he weaned--stopped breastfeeding completely!--about 3 months into the pregnancy). Merrilee corrupted it once more to "Po-Po." That stuck all the way until she quit at 4 1/2. (She was down to once an LLL Meeting for the last 3 months or so--fortunately I was able to hold her off until after the meetings!) For whoever started the "what did you call it" train, thanks for the mammories! Melissa Vickers, IBCLC [log in to unmask]