Re: [ozmidwifery] Breastfeeding

[Michelle Windsor]

Go ahead Jo.

 

Cheers

Michelle

Jo Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Michelle, can I please post this to another group?  There is some talk in misc.kids.breastfeeding on usenet about 'trying' to breastfeed.  I won't put your name on it at all, if you like.

Thanks :)

Jo

On 09/08/2006, at 12:58 PM, Michelle Windsor wrote:

Hi Gail,

 

I too wondered why breastfeeding seems so difficult and stressful for so many women....... especially once I'd worked with indigenous women and saw how easy they seemed to find it.  So trying to figure it out, I noticed a few differences. 

 

Indigenous women have alot of exposure to breastfeeding as they have extended family groups with large families.  They don't speak of 'trying' to breastfeed, it seems they don't even question their own ability that they will be able to do it.  In my experience it is rare to see problems, and they are often associated with separation from their baby (ie prems/sick). Other things I noticed is that indigenous women never look at the clock, there is never the comment   "I only fed 5 minutes ago... " they totally feed on demand and don't put feeds off until they've eaten lunch, or the visitors have gone or whatever.  They aren't ashamed of their breasts or even self-conscious.  For the midwife.........it's blissful! 

 

We encourage women to be instinctive with birthing their baby, maybe we should do the same with breastfeeding?  (just thinking out loud)

 

Cheers

Michelle

Gail McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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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