http://www.differentdream.com/2009/08/but-what-about-breast-feeding-part-two/ for my child Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.differentdream.com/2009/08/but-what-about-breast-feeding-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Jolene Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:54:43 +0000 http://www.differentdream.com/?p=476#comment-6 Thanks for sharing your experience, Deb. Young parents need to remember that health care professionals aren't experts about everything. If they don't seem to know much about helping you breast feed, contact the <a href="http://www.llli.org/" rel="nofollow">La Leche League</a>. They are the experts in this area. Thanks for sharing your experience, Deb. Young parents need to remember that health care professionals aren’t experts about everything. If they don’t seem to know much about helping you breast feed, contact the La Leche League. They are the experts in this area.

]]> http://www.differentdream.com/2009/08/but-what-about-breast-feeding-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Deb Todd Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:00:10 +0000 http://www.differentdream.com/?p=476#comment-5 My story from 27 years ago may provide a bit of advice for NICU/pediatric nurses: I was determined to breastfeed my newborn daughter while she was hospitalized for three weeks for treatment of a staphylococcal septicemia. My baby couldn't nurse very vigorously due to her illness, and the nursing staff put quite a bit of pressure on me to give up breastfeeding, saying it would be so much easier to give her formula. That only increased the stress I was feeling, which of course inhibited my milk production. Fortunately, our pediatrician intervened. He told me that breastfeeding was the best thing I could do to help my baby fight the infection and that it was so important for our bonding. He also told the nursing staff in no uncertain terms to leave me alone! Nurses - do all you can to support moms who are willing and able to breastfeed. Your encouragement is great "medicine"! My story from 27 years ago may provide a bit of advice for NICU/pediatric nurses:
I was determined to breastfeed my newborn daughter while she was hospitalized for three weeks for treatment of a staphylococcal septicemia. My baby couldn’t nurse very vigorously due to her illness, and the nursing staff put quite a bit of pressure on me to give up breastfeeding, saying it would be so much easier to give her formula. That only increased the stress I was feeling, which of course inhibited my milk production. Fortunately, our pediatrician intervened. He told me that breastfeeding was the best thing I could do to help my baby fight the infection and that it was so important for our bonding. He also told the nursing staff in no uncertain terms to leave me alone!
Nurses – do all you can to support moms who are willing and able to breastfeed. Your encouragement is great “medicine”!

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