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Dear Carina
The World Health Organisation and most research
shows that the problems that most woemn in our culture have are down to
misinformation and disempowering management.
That is why their is the Baby Freindly Hospital
Initiative !
However anyone who has had expereince or an
understanding of contiuity of care by a known midwife knows that what is
even more effective support of the overwhelming majority (98%+) of women's
iniate abilities to nurture their babies as they need including breastfeeding
after brithing them the way that they need is for the woman to have this
care!!
That is why I who was a convenor of BFHI
in WA am now actively involved with Maternity Coalition to give women
the opportunity to choose this model of maternity care.
The current problems of birthing , breastfeeding
and mothering are a reflection of the fragmented medical model of care
imposed on them!!
Denise Hynd
"Let us support one another, not just in philosophy but in action, for the
sake of freedom for all women to choose exactly how and by whom, if by anyone,
our bodies will be handled."
� Linda Hes
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Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:32
PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] FW:
Breastfeeding
Hi Carina
You've brought up some points that are good
food for thought. It was a tragedy the day that milk banks were closed in
Australia due to the scare with HIV, despite pasteurisation easily killing HIV
(I wonder why sperm banks weren't also closed??). I note that a new bank is
opening in WA and perhaps one in Melbourne. I wish them success.
The
incidence of physiological inability to breastfeed is somewhere in the order
of 1 - 2 per 100 women. I don't believe with an incidence at this level
that it warrants we guard everything we say to every woman. And then there's
that really fascinating topic of 'guilt'.
Can you induce guilt in someone?
- maybe, if they really are guilty. However I don't feel guilty about
something I have no control over. For example if I had no uterus I wouldn't
feel guilty that I'm not adding to Australia's population, no matter how much
Mr Howard exhorts me to. If I had no breasts or my breasts were not functional
I would not feel guilty that I'm not breastfeeding regardless of how many
people told me it was best.
My opinion is that some health
professionals don't know how to support women to breastfeed adequately and in
covering their own feelings of guilt about this they 'pretend' that it's the
mother they are trying not to make feel guilty.
To give you lots of
different opinions on guilt and breastfeeding do a google search using those
terms.
Have fun
Denise
At 03:23 PM 18/05/2005 +0930, you
wrote:
Some food for
thought,
What about the women who simply cannot breastfeed and
cannot produce enough milk???? The wet nurse is still in existence in many
tribal cultures where formulary has no influence. It�s very easy to be
passionate about something and sing it�s praises when you have experienced
success, but what about those women who don�t succeed despite months of
trying and perseverance. I, like all many midwives of course believe that
breast is best and should be promoted as optimum nutrition for a baby but
sometimes I believe that in trying to get this message across we need to be
careful not to make other women lose their �confidence ands fall into the
motherhood guilt trap�.
Carina
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