I think all of us who do lactation work have little "tricks" that work. They are 
usually not evidence based but just have been learned and passed from nurse 
to nurse. 

This is the art part of the "art and science" of nursing. Sometimes, we have to 
be cowboys and step outside of the comfort zone to help a mom get 
breastfeeding off to a good start (or fix something that has been broken by 
the hospital routines, staff, docs, etc).

 I really hope that all of this new information on breastfeeding that has been 
added to the AAP website will give pediatricians everywhere the push they 
need to jump on the bandwagon a bit and support breastfeeding and mothers 
a bit better.

I know there are several MD's on this list who might be of assistance and have 
some advice for those of us LC's working in the hospital setting. How can we 
encourage the pediatricians we work with to "come over to our side" a bit and 
work with us for the benefit of the mothers and babies?

Those of us in the hospital setting obviously have to deal with other issues 
that are more out of the realm of normal. Even those of us at level 1 facilities 
that usually see relatively healthy babies occasionally encounter a baby who 
is "sick." I personally have one of those right now. I have found it very 
frustrating that while the problem is being treated very successfully, the 
breastfeeding management (or lack thereof in this case) has created a whole 
other set of problems that will become mine in the community after this 
mother and baby are discharged. I just feel sad that we (as a group) did not 
do a better job inhouse. It saddens me to see this mother's experience 
undermined in so many ways.

Betsy Riedel RNC, IBCLC
Connecticut

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