Cover Causes Controversy

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

That was a brilliant post.

Mrs. DA was one of the very first lactation consultants, working for a group of OB/GYN's in the Detroit area who founded "The Family Birthing Center" at Providence Hospital in Southfield.

As a hijack... my mom worked at Providence her whole career and has been a patient there for 26 of the last 33 days... I love seeing people get off on the third floor.. I call it The Happy Floor of the hospital because folks are smiling when they go there.

Back to the thread: I don't think anybody is arguing whether breast milk or formula is better. For most babies, all the evidence says that breast milk is better.

I simply never found it necessary to feed either of my babies in public(breast fed or bottle.. I did both). I made plans around their schedule.

[VandalSquirrel]

My sister had a baby July 25th and has been breastfeeding exclusively, though my nephew was being a little difficult with latching on and lost weight so she stayed in the hospital an extra couple days. The birthing center had a lactation consultant which really seemed to help and I hope that more hospitals follow that trend to try and avoid formula if at all possible.

She has lost over 34 pounds since then, and his goal was to be back at birthweight (6lbs, 12oz) by his well baby checkup last week. The little piglet was 8.5 lbs! I haven't heard about any problems with feeding while not at home yet but she works from home and that is likely a factor in not having issues yet. Sounds like a quick way to lose weight if it wasn't for the whole infant issue.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by AGDee

As a hijack... my mom worked at Providence her whole career and has been a patient there for 26 of the last 33 days... I love seeing people get off on the third floor.. I call it The Happy Floor of the hospital because folks are smiling when they go there.

Another aside.

I worked just down the street at WJBK-TV from 1977-82, Bach when it was a CBS station. Mrs. DA's sister recently had Breast Cancer surgery at Beaumont. I was chatting with a widow who lives on our block a few weeks ago and mentioned Detroit and she told me her late husband was a doctor at Beaumont for many years.

What a small world it really is.

Just a word about a comment ZTAMiami made. A husband can have an important role in the Breastfeeding relationship as a support to his wife. This is particularly true when dealing with parents, in-laws and well meaning friends who either give bad advice or question decisions. A nursing mom can be fairly fragile, and a supportive husband can deflect those comments and problems.