Dear Friends:
    I saw yet another case today of a dyad having  problems because the 
mother was trying to manipulate her breast and baby to fit  the fancy nursing 
pillow. Those pillows should come with a warning, "Please  place pillow AFTER baby 
is comfortably latched on". Nursing pillows are truly  procrustean. "[L, fr. 
Gk Prokroustes Procrustes, a villainous son of  Poseidon in Greek mythology who 
forces travelers to fit into his bed by  stretching their bodies or cutting 
off their legs] : marked by arbitrary often  ruthless disregard of individual 
differences or special circumstances."
    I got a copy of the classic Childbirth Without  Fear, edited by Helen 
Wessel and Harlan F. Ellis. Dr. Ellis speaks of being  taught in the mid-1950s by 
a physician who taught that "Tense doctor = tense  patient = tense cervix = 
pain".  Maybe the obstetricians should be using  the epidurals!
    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
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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