My 5cents worth:
I agree with all points already given. I too am saddened and frustrated by
the ammount of b/f/ 'problems' we seem to encounter in hosp. In over 27
years of being a midwife and seeing teaching/theories/attitudes change plus
b/f/ 3 of my own through varying theories from '2mins a side 4hrly,
increasing to max 10 mins a side" through to feed on demand. Then the
various attachment 'techniques' I have learned/been taught/shown others over
the years and yet there is still the same amount of problems encountered, in
fact it seems to be getting worse IMO.
I feel a major factor is women's lack of belief and faith in her body's
ability to provide nourishment for her baby, in the same way that many women
these days seem to lack the belief that their bodies can safely birth their
baby.
If it can't be seen, measured, controlled, or otherwise 'sold' to them, they
have trouble believing in it - the power of advertising and media messages
is very strong.
The comments I hear most often are "I would like to try to birth
naturally/breast feed IF I CAN"
Like someone said 'do or do not - there is no try'
barring the exceptions where there are real problems of course, and as
others have posted - even major problems can be overcome with sufficient
determination.
ah! but we do live in a time of instant gratification - if it's too hard why
bother?
sue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gail McKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:26 AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Breastfeeding
To all you magnificent home birth warrior women out there, could you
please tell me if any of your birthing women have problems with
breastfeeding. I'm a middy student working on a ward at the present & I'm
astounded by how many women have problems with breastfeeding.
If your women do not, please enlighten me as to why you think this is. If
they do, again, what do you put this down to?
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