Dear Friends:

I found a nursing care plan I wrote as a student nurse in the autumn of
1969, when I was in the Maternal-Child Health section of my studies. My
patient was a 20-year old woman from Puerto Rico with her first baby. Here
is what I wrote in the "reason for problem" section related to the
"patient's need".

"Lactation puts new strains on the breasts due to new function and vigor of
sucking by infant."  My clinical instructor's comment was that I hadn't
addressed the patient's " feeling of discomfort." That was all. Where did I
get the notion that breastfeeding was a strain, implying that the normal
state of breasts was non-lactating?

How many nurses got these messages as part of fundamental training?

I was surprised to discover this as until this morning, the only instruction
that I remembered receiving in my baccalaureate education was "some women
breastfeed."  Breastfeeding was mentioned twice in 4 years.

warmly,

Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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