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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