Re: mixing causes/LLL thread

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Oh, of course! I didn't think to explain the other side of it. As a

Leader, though, I might say, " Alert, active participation by the

mother in childbirth is a help in getting breastfeeding off to a good

start, " or " the more active and alert one is during birth, the easier

their babies tend to go to the breast, " but as an LC I feel I have

more flexibility to be more direct and say, for example, " medications

during childbirth can lead to sleepier babies who nurse less readily. "

I think it's more a matter of presenting the information from a

risk/benefit perspective (Wiessingerizing it?). At least *I* as a

Leader, do not feel at liberty to present the information from a more

risk-based orientation. And, because of the nature of the

mother-to-mother support Group, you could bet on most of the moms in

the rooms having medicated births, and you don't want them to feel

judged after the fact. Whereas as a doula/CBE/LC I can inform my

clients of the risk ahead of time.

I apologize if my last post seemed short. I seem to be feeling a fair

amount of Internet-irritation lately.

> Many on this group are not LLLLs so I wanted to add on to one statement that

> was made in an earlier post.

>

> had an excellent post and I wanted to elaborate on this one part (

> I hope you don't mind if I quote your post here):

>

>> I am not under the same obligations as a Leader, per se. And,

> because of that, I plan to inform people that medicated births can lead to

> medicated babies who don't nurse as well. Circumcision can negatively impact

> a baby's ability to breastfeed well in those early days. And so on. I plan

> to speak the truth, when it is research-based and relevant to breastfeeding.

>