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Date: | Thu, 10 Dec 1998 02:56:41 -0500 |
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Hello all!
When I moved to Switzerland two years ago, I was hopeful that I could do
some bf counseling with the English speaking community here. I am now
working with the Childbirth Trust of Basel and have been teaching and
counseling. I met with an American mother in August. She had a mild
supply problem, which I gave some recommendations for (nothing fancy, pump,
Fenugreek, breast compression etc). She told her Swiss ped about it and he
was so interested that I wrote him a letter with some articles stating my
recommendations. So yesterday I recieved a call from a new Swiss mother, I
had been recommended by this pediatrician!! I never dreamed that I would
be counseling in German!! And, for some reason they don't cover
breastfeeding and childbirth words in the German courses :) But I went
and the learning curve for the language was nearly vertical as this sweet
mother helped me to "fill in the blanks" with my missing bf words!! A
really tremendous experience and one that I am grateful to Lactnet for,
because of all the resources that I can find, even over here!!
The doctor also called me and wanted to discuss Fenugreek. (I had a little
trouble finding the German name, thank you to the person who posted that
for me! ) He was very supportive of it's use since they use herbs often
over here, but wondered how and why it worked. I had to say that I didn't
know. Is there any reasearch or opinions on the action of this herb?? I
simply told him that it is used throughout the world with good success. (I
felt confident with that answer!! )
Anyway, thanks again to you all for making Lactnet a terrific resource and
I will say again that when you are in a foreign country any small success
feels like a triumph!! Yesterday was great!!
Merilee Reeder
Basel, CH
PS There are many things that we love about CH, but one more thing if that
the bf appears really good over here, even if Nestle is a Swiss company!!
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