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Date: | Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:44:12 -0600 |
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After reading The Impact of Birth Practices on Breastfeeding, I was
wondering if this baby has any issues with physical trauma from birth
practices that make him not want to latch on and suckle (palate or
throat irritation from suctioning, bruising from vacuum extraction,
neck/facial trauma from c-section removal, suck issues from long
epidural, etc.).
Also, birth practices are not BF friendly in most of the USA. WIC moms
may fall prey to the push to use formula more so than more educated and
higher income mothers. The hospital BF help is often low skilled and not
able to help a baby latch on or diagnose such things as tongue tie or
recessed chin. This discourages probably 90% of moms that I see, both
rich and poor, but rich moms will often search out better help. I
constantly deal with ladies who had bad BF help in the hospital and are
too discouraged to even try for good BF help from WIC. Perhaps WIC moms
tend to fall back on formula more readily, maybe because they get it
"free" instead of feeling the big pinch of buying it themselves or
because "easy" seems best for them as the mother.
The free formula certainly discourages BF but the total picture of what
goes on in the hospitals, doctor's offices, advertising, and work
places, in the USA also contribute. Many WIC moms work jobs where they
do not get rest breaks or be allowed breaks to pump, think Wal-Mart
cashiers. WIC women who work at fast food places may not even have a
private place to pump except the rest room. Being a bank teller or
working at a doctor's office is not BF friendly (no breaks) as someone
mentioned.
Kathy Eng, BSW, IBCLC
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