Hello fellow Lactnetters.
 
This past Sunday at Church, I had the opportunity to teach a  lesson to the 
women's organization on the need to be prepared, and how.   Our church is well 
known for emergency preparedness, so I wanted to put a new  spin on beating 
the dead horse with info.  I think I was hugely  successful.  Of course I talked 
about storing food and water etc.   Then I made total eye contact with the 5 
pregnant mothers that sat there, and  told them that there would be NOTHING 
harder to witness than the starvation  of my own infant.  I told them they each 
had  the ability to prevent  that.  I told that if at all possible, 
breastfeed.  Breastmilk was  sterile, full of germ fighting qualities that would help 
fight the infections  sure to sprout up from a disaster ridden area. Etc. Etc.  
I  topped it off to say that we never knew when a disaster could befall us.   
(People had hurricane warnings, we in Northern California will have NO warning 
 of that huge earthquake).   As I was finishing speaking, a woman piped  up 
and totally blew the wind out of my talk.  "Of course if you CAN'T  
breastfeed....we don't want to force it on you"  WHAT???  I was  floored and shook my 
head and said that IF AT ALL POSSIBLE one should  breastfeed.  Those that "Can't" 
are extremely rare.  But I could tell  the damage had been done...the 
pregnant women had doubt placed in their minds  again of their own ability to 
breastfeed.  <<SIGH>>  
 
Oh how I long to be finished with the process so I can hold  proper meetings 
in this area to properly educate and help women to  breastfeed.  
 
Oh well...keep on plugging....
 
Renee Drake RN CLC

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