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> From: Sue Boyer <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: September 17, 2013, 1:59:32 PM PDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Hospital based RN IBCLC
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>> From: Sue Boyer <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: September 16, 2013, 7:14:20 PM PDT
>> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Hospital based RN IBCLC
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>> I am an RN IBCLC & work in a 42 bed couplet unit . A few comments . We work very hard to initiate & support exclusive breastfeeding in multi cultural , diverse populations .when you are in private practice motivated mothers contact you for breastfeeding support . We nurture , support , & teach the very basics of latch with diverse mothers who may or may not be committed to exclusive breastfeeding . We are facing late pre term babies , medicated mothers , inductions , epidurals , fentanyl & tired exhausted couplets with perhaps their birth plan totally gone & frustration & even disappointment . No one talks about our medically invasive birthing & the expectation breastfeeding will be easy & natural when our babies are products of a very unnatural birth experience . We encourage every 2-3 hour feeding attempts to help the milk come in & prevent a 10% weight loss which will necessitate supplementation by MD orders . We work hard & do our best to initiate , educate , promote , & support breastfeeding . There is no
>> Need for criticism as we all have the same goal , to support & encourage breastfeeding . Thank you to all who work with moms & babies in whatever capacity & timeline you interact with these couplets . Just like Mommy wars , working or stay @
>> Home we would do well to support. , be open , work together because really we are working for the same goal . Thanks 2 all , Sue Boyer RNC, IBCLC , Modesto , Ca
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