Comments on: Women don’t breastfeed? Here’s a thought – http://www.blog.kalda.ca/archives/773 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:14:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Denise Kalda http://www.blog.kalda.ca/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-22853 Denise Kalda Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:09:30 +0000 http://www.blog.kalda.ca/?p=773#comment-22853 In my day, the nurses on the ward actually had the time to spend helping women with breastfeeding. Actually it was the most important part of our experience with the new mothers.The moms were in hospital for 5-7 days and they were helped with baby bathing, umbilical cord care, breastfeeding, personal care and what to expect once they got home. They had help with their engorged breasts and their confidence was such that when they left hospital they felt a bit more in control. Now, nurses have 3-4X the number of patients and a lot more paperwork . Charting is now done for legal liability, not patient care. Midwives were not legal/available way back then but I would think that if they were, they would have been part of the all-round care. In my day, the nurses on the ward actually had the time to spend helping women with breastfeeding. Actually it was the most important part of our experience with the new mothers.The moms were in hospital for 5-7 days and they were helped with baby bathing, umbilical cord care, breastfeeding, personal care and what to expect once they got home. They had help with their engorged breasts and their confidence was such that when they left hospital they felt a bit more in control. Now, nurses have 3-4X the number of patients and a lot more paperwork . Charting is now done for legal liability, not patient care. Midwives were not legal/available way back then but I would think that if they were, they would have been part of the all-round care.

]]> By: andrea http://www.blog.kalda.ca/archives/773/comment-page-1#comment-22795 andrea Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:55:28 +0000 http://www.blog.kalda.ca/?p=773#comment-22795 My experience in Switzerland was so completely different - the nurses there brought me vats of fennel tea to stimulate milk production, and would come latch the baby on any time I needed help (even in the middle of the night), whether I asked for help or not (if Z cried for too long, they'd come in and check). Lots of instruction on best feeding positions, avoiding pain, etc. Now, if only they hadn't bodged the delivery (unfortunately, I blaim the midwife, who was actually in charge of the whole process there)... My experience in Switzerland was so completely different – the nurses there brought me vats of fennel tea to stimulate milk production, and would come latch the baby on any time I needed help (even in the middle of the night), whether I asked for help or not (if Z cried for too long, they’d come in and check). Lots of instruction on best feeding positions, avoiding pain, etc.

Now, if only they hadn’t bodged the delivery (unfortunately, I blaim the midwife, who was actually in charge of the whole process there)…

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