Pat, I had to smile at your reply to Jean.  Several years ago I was invited 
to talk at a lunchtime meeting of the Zimbabwean College of Primary Care 
Physicians.  Glad to have this chance to do a little PR for our profession, 
I decided to talk about common breastfeeding difficulties, and how they 
could be resolved.  I showed slides of  cabbage leaves on engorged breasts, 
admitting that while my audience might not want to recommend something so 
unscientific, *I* wasn't afraid to!  Years later overfull clients would 
tell me in astonished tones, "My doctor told be to use CABBAGE leaves, do 
you think that's OK???"

Pamela Morrison, IBCLC
Rustington, UK

At 02:51 PM 17/06/2005, Pat wrote:

>Jean, I know what you mean, I feel foolish too, when I advise cabbage and 
>I tell the mom so!  I tell her we don't know why it works, it just does 
>and as someone else said it's easy and cheap, so why not try?  I rec 
>several other off the wall tips to parents too  ... Pat in SNJ - new 
>e-mail! [log in to unmask]

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