Rachel,
Your message struck a chord with me as I am sure it did with many.
Wishing our Lactnet family a very happy and healthy holiday, Happy New Year
And a prosperous and safe year ahead!!
Thanks,
Ellen Shein, LLLI IBCLC
Tel Aviv - still bike riding weather but rain so badly needed.
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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:58:29 -0500
From: Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Winter thoughts
As the year end draws nearer I find myself looking back and reminiscing o=
ver the families I've worked with in 2008, especially the ones that really
taught me something new. The other day a familiar face from last winter
appeared at my office door after my last appointment - a mother who began=
exclusively breastfeeding at 10 weeks, after a long and tortuous path on
which it was my good fortune to accompany her along the way. The child i= s
now a year old, and they are still very happily breastfeeding. I learned = a
lot about relactation from this family, and it has stood me in good stead=
when I met another family in the fall who really needed that knowledge.=20=
=20
In both these cases, and indeed in many others, it was striking to see ho= w
the mothers' behavior changed as breastfeeding took hold. Both of these
women articulated the change, and said that breastfeeding was a defining =
act in seeing themselves as mothers. For me the change in them was apparent
= in the calm that only comes when a void has been filled. Giving birth and
wanting to breastfeed, and having it not work out, causes a void. These
families were very grateful that there was someone there who had the
information they needed, and who understood why they needed it. The
gratitude they express gives me strength to support other women. I'm sti=
ll waiting for a woman to say she wished she'd stopped sooner, that it was
a=
waste of time to try to solve all the problems that arose, even in the ca=
ses where we never managed to solve them and the breastfeeding ended.=20=20
The woman who came to drop off a greeting on the occasion of her child's
birthday said 'It's been a year, and I have thought about you at least on=
ce, usually oftener, every single day, as I savor what breastfeeding has
been=
for us.' The same day I got a card from a mother whose experience was v=
ery
different, and who ended up weaning to formula, saying thanks for helping=
her preserve her dignity at that time. Every one of you on this list has=
someone (probably more than one!) who thinks of you with gratitude, who
includes you in the love they give their child, even if they don't always=
drop by to tell you about it every six months or so. How many people are=
so lucky?=20=20
There are many people on this list who are in my thoughts often, as I hel= p
a mother by using a technique or information I have acquired through Lactne=
t.
Some I've gotten to actually meet, others continue to be cherished e-mail=
contacts, and some I'm looking forward to meeting in 2009. Thank you all =
for being there, for each other, for us all, and for breastfeeding. You are
= all needed!
Rachel Myr
getting sappy in Kristiansand, Norway
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