Comments on: Breastfeeding Education

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:45:42 +0000

That’s one thing that I have loved about our local LLL group. Meetings are always kept on-topic, then other questions can be discussed after the meeting or at monthing “enrichment” meetings. Our leaders are fab! I first went to meetings to gain support. Now, I go hoping that my presence with my nursing toddler will encourage other moms.

By: mamaseoul

mamaseoul — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:01:07 +0000

I always tell people to go to LLL and meet with LCs and check out hospital-based BF Support Groups while they are pregnant and BEFORE they need help. Every group and LC is different in personality and approach. It is best to find someone you are comfortable with before you need them so when you do need them, you know exactly how to get help and will hopefully not have personality issues clouding your receiving of the help.

I went to a hospital-based support group which was great. I tried to check out the LLL group, but I went to the meeting (as listed on the website) and found out that they had not been meeting on Tuesday nights, but rather, Wednesdays mornings for over a year. I went Wednesday morning and there was no meeting. They had just stopped meetings due to lack of participation. Perhaps because the website listed the wrong day/time for the meetings…

Things like this are a part of volunteer organizations. I did contact the State LLL webmaster to make the correction that they were just available for phone help.

As for the hospital group, I kept going to the meetings long after my issues were resolved so I could give hope/help to other moms who were having trouble in the beginning.

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By: Lauren (HoboMama)

Lauren (HoboMama) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:02:21 +0000

I’m loving “breastmilking,” and I loved reading the link describing the Midwife Game, especially needing to get married at the last minute. Hilarious!

But, anyway…thanks for sharing your passionate voice in this article. I appreciate all the ways you’re seeking to support and promote breastfeeding through sharing this information and responding so evenly and fairly to critics (like the employer moaning the requirement for a pumping room). I haven’t been to a La Leche League meeting — I voted in your poll “No, but I’d like to,” because it really does sound like a supportive environment.

I like the quote about the walking analogy, and I’m also sad to hear about the Newman clinic’s funding problems. Breastfeeding — I’m sorry, breastmilking — needs all the advocates it can get.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:10:59 +0000

LOVE the dolls! I think it’s a great idea to put lactation education in K-12 curriculum. They may have mentioned it in passing when I was in school, but didn’t go into any detail. I never really developed an opinion about breastfeeding until I was married! It’s hard for a youngest child with no nursing aunts, sisters, etc to get any experience with it.

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By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:34:27 +0000

What a cute picture! I love the term “breastmilking.” I think that should definitely be added into the breastfeeding jargon. I recently started attending a LLL meeting in a town near where I live, and even though I have been nursing for almost 3 years, I learn something at every meeting. I really enjoy them, too.

By: FireMom

FireMom — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:17:49 +0000

(Mine is set to post in the AM!)

Our LLL is defunct because no one in this area breastfeeds. Those who do are lucky to make it past the first six weeks. Breastfeeding is SO looked down upon in this area. It’s depressing. I know that if your ideas were even brought to our school district (elementary learning of breastfeeding), it would be shot down in a heartbeat because “BOOBS ARE SEXUAL!” Or something.

Sigh.

Of course, when you add in our very high teen pregnancy rate combined with the lack of sexual education AND the lack of breastfeeding education, well, it’s just a big mess.

Bigger sigh.

By: Jennifer B

Jennifer B — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:35:28 +0000

It is so unfortunate that LLL gets a bad rap as zealots. My own CNM warned me to avoid LLL, as she had heard from several of her other clients that the group in the area was extremist. But when I had so much trouble nursing, I finally turned to LLL (at the behest of my Pastor’s wife, who is a Breastfeeding counselor for WIC) and found a group of women who are so supportive of any mom’s attempt at nursing. I was never able to EBF, and even bottlefed my daughter at LLL meetings! I was once asked to tell my story to a group of new moms who were struggling with nursing, so that they could see that even if EBF isn’t possible, they could still nurse to the extent that they wanted, and supplement. When I made the decision to wean at 6 months, I got nothing but support from the LLL leaders. I recently went to a meeting (I hadn’t been to one in over 6 months), and was welcomed with open arms. I am so glad that I didn’t listen to those who spoke negatively about LLL.

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