I desperately wish I made more,» one mama confided in
me after an LLL meeting.
For the first few years
after LLL was founded, its influence was small.
Not exact matches
After getting my doula (also
LLL and IBCLC) on the phone with the hospital pediatrician, my husband finger fed her a small amount of glucose.
I found La Leche League only
after I had Molly and learned that the way I had mothered my boys was normal (not weird as many of my friends thought at the time) and I am now an
LLL Leader, too.
Back when
LLL began in 1956, the first breast - feeding of a baby was 24 hours
after delivery instead of the moment
after birth, as it is today.
After having supported thousands of mothers in Merced, California, for over 45 years,
LLL Leader Betty Barber, on her retirement at the age of 73, said:
She first found
LLL in Ireland
after the birth of her first child.
Just
after the incident occurred, I contacted my local
LLL [La Leche League] representative.
-LSB-...] an
LLL Leader, Meran, about the possibilities of breastfeeding
after reduction surgery and using an at - breast supplementer.
After attending
LLL for a while, I decided I wanted to become a Leader myself, and then later decided that I would love to further help mothers and began the process to become an IBCLC.
I wanted to go to
LLL meetings, but felt judged because I had to feed my baby a bottle
after nursing.
After my baby was born, I continued to attend
LLL meetings and have received a great deal of knowledge, support, and encouragement from the leaders and the other mothers.
In 2003 I accredited as an
LLL Leader and I became the reference for
LLL France for mothers who wanted to know about breastfeeding
after surgery.
- Follow up: Mom e-mailed me four weeks
after our first contact and was happy to report that the
LLL leader had been able to help her get the baby back to the breast by the use of a supplemental nursing system.
Hopefully, they»
lll figure it out
after tomorrow.