In a message dated 11/29/2004 12:17:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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I hope that  those of us who teach are able to present honest and complete
information  in a way that lessens feelings of failure when the outcome isn't
 as
planned, whether we are teaching about birth, breastfeeding, or other
important
life experiences.  I hope that we are able to grieve with  mothers who are
saddened by their experiences, just as we celebrate with  those who are happy.



Dear Friends:
    Rowe-Murray and Fisher from Australia published a  lovely study showing a
connection between depressed feelings at 7-8 months  postpartum and not
holding the baby after birth.
    This paper also showed that mothers who birthed in  Baby-Friendly
Hospitals, where they held their babies to initiate  breastfeeding (one of the 10
Steps to Successful Breastfeeding) after any type  of birth, had less depressed
feelings at 7-8 months out.
    So there is still a chance for breastfeeding to go  well; sometimes
breastfeeding is tremendously healing for a mother whose  has suffered a traumatic
birth.
    We want to celebrate birth and breastfeeding, not  grieve its loss. If
birth and breastfeeding is lost, of course we will grieve.  Let's avoid this
terrible loss at all costs!
    warmly,
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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