My reply to the reporter who wrote about feeding the mother. I attached a
copy of the Global Strategy
http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/NUTRITION/global_strategy.htm
when I wrote to her.

 

Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC

Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd

6540 Cedarview Ct, Dayton OH 45459

937-438-9458 / fax 937-438-3229

www.BFLRC.com  

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda J. Smith [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 8:25 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: reply to BF debate and prenatal nutrition

 

Julie,

 

Your article (http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/14938494.htm) is
correct and timely concerning the importance of prenatal nutrition, both for
the mother's sake and the baby's sake. However, your article posed a faulty
dilemma. We don't have to STOP focusing on the importance of breastfeeding
to CONTINUE highlighting the importance of maternal nutrition. There are
known risks to the mother and baby from poor or under-nutrition during
pregnancy, AND known risks to the baby from artificial feeding. This isn't
an either-or choice. 

 

The UNICEF-WHO Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding eloquently
states that "Mothers and babies form an inseparable biological and social
unit; the health and nutrition of one group cannot be divorced from the
health and nutrition of the other."

 

So, thanks for a good article highlighting "feeding the mother" - but next
time, please don't put the mother's health in competition with the health of
her child. BOTH benefit when the normal course of pregnancy concludes with
effective breastfeeding. 

 

Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC

Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd

6540 Cedarview Ct, Dayton OH 45459

937-438-9458 / fax 937-438-3229

www.BFLRC.com  

 


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