>Date: 30 Apr 96 01:12:15 EDT
>From: "Kenneth R. Blake" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: KB2 <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Thanks for the 20 yr.congratulations!
>
>Dear Congratulators,
>       Thank you so much for your good wishes!  I moved all greetings to a work
>processing file and took out headings and spaces -- there are TEN PAGES of
>greetings!  Congratulations to the newly accredited LLL Leaders and new
authors!
>When my first (son) was born in 1970 in Burlington, VT, dads were not
allowed in
>the delivery room, childbirth without drugs was uncommon, but breaches were
>assumed to be birthable.  Only 25% of mothers breastfed, but I found LLL
>beforehand, so most of my circle did.
>       My (head-down) daughter was born in Saratoga, NY, the only breastfed baby
>in the hospital.  I spent the first night  alone in my bed, while the baby was
>in the nursery and the rest of my family was miles away.  I checked at the
>nurses station before dozing off to make sure they KNEW i wanted her brought to
>me whenever she awoke.  I woke at dawn, never having had her brought-- they'd
>given her a bottle DESPITE dr.' orders!   I was warned severly when I took her
>home the next day, having had to sign us both out of the hospital AMA.
>       My third, son, breach, was born in Burlington, VT.  Going home in 4 hr.
>suited me just fine, whatever was thought of us.  Now mothers here are strongly
>encouraged to go home from the hospital within 24 hr., even if they don't want
>to.
>       Last year, I had the great honor of helping the grandchildren of my first
>two original LLL Leaders breastfeed.  It was so satisfying to give back some of
>what I felt I'd received.  My family, now nearly all grown, owes so much to the
>loving support of LLL Leaders.
>       I just love visiting Kathleen Bruce & her family.  I even like to hear
>kids practice instruments!  Thanks again, Susan Johnson
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Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC, LLLeader, co-owner Lactnet, LLLOL, Corgi-L
LACTNET WWW site: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html
"Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving." Erma Bombeck