Hello, All: We all run into the frustrated comments from
parents on a
daily basis on how everyone is telling them something
different. What
we've all lost is the hormonal basis of breastfeeding and
of all human
behavior. I like to tell parents that when their babies are
skin-to-skin
with them, this position allows the parent and the baby's
hormones
to "talk" to each other. Thru this type of
"hormone conversation", both
the parent and the baby are able to get what they need from
each other -
feeding, comfort, and warmth for the baby and feel-good
feelings and
bonding for the parents. I just picked up a copy of Kerstin
Uvnas Moberg,
MD, PhD's book, The Oxytocin Factor ($2.17 for hardback,
what a deal, on
Amazon.com). I have just begun to look thru it and can
already see that it
is a must read. She devotes a chapter to oxytocin and
breastfeeding alone.
This is what parents need to hear: "Take all the
information that you are
getting from books, internet, videos, classes, and
well-meaning friends and
relatives, lay it all out on the mental table in front of
yourself, sort
thru it, and put together a parenting package that works for
you and your
family. And if Plan A doesn't work, move on to Plan
B." In the words of a
dad last week: "That makes the most sense of anything
I've heard yet!"
Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL USA
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