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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / February 2007I Thought this was funny ...
>From the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6338819.stm Knitted breasts help new mothers The breasts are used by community midwife teams A hospital needing a cheaper alternative to fake breasts has begun knitting its own. The woolly breasts are being used at Liverpool Women's Hospital to show new mothers how to breastfeed and how to express milk if necessary. Kate McFadden, the hospital's infant feeding co-ordinator, has already knitted several and has called in the services of her mother, a keen knitter. The breasts are produced in a variety of skin shades. They are used by community midwife teams to demonstrate how milk should be expressed, particularly for premature babies being kept in hospital. Ms McFadden told BBC News: "We have a regional neo-natal unit and we encourage new mothers to express milk to help the small and sick babies. Expensive models "When we first put an e-mail appeal out to everyone in the trust, there were a fair few messages being sent back. "But they are vital to us and are a low-cost, simple teaching tool." Ms McFadden sourced the breast pattern from the Lactation Consultants' Association. She said: "You can buy model breasts, but they cost around £35 each, which is quite prohibitive, as we need about 50." Although community groups, including the official friends of the hospital association, have pitched in, more knitters are needed. Those look like funky vegetables of some sort that a person could use as sewing pin cushions! lol >From the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6338819.stm Knitted breasts help new mothers The breasts are used by community midwife teams A hospital needing a cheaper alternative to fake breasts has begun knitting its own. The woolly breasts are being used at Liverpool Women's Hospital to show new mothers how to breastfeed and how to express milk if necessary. Kate McFadden, the hospital's infant feeding co-ordinator, has already knitted several and has called in the services of her mother, a keen knitter. The breasts are produced in a variety of skin shades. They are used by community midwife teams to demonstrate how milk should be expressed, particularly for premature babies being kept in hospital. Ms McFadden told BBC News: "We have a regional neo-natal unit and we encourage new mothers to express milk to help the small and sick babies. Expensive models "When we first put an e-mail appeal out to everyone in the trust, there were a fair few messages being sent back. "But they are vital to us and are a low-cost, simple teaching tool." Ms McFadden sourced the breast pattern from the Lactation Consultants' Association. She said: "You can buy model breasts, but they cost around £35 each, which is quite prohibitive, as we need about 50." Although community groups, including the official friends of the hospital association, have pitched in, more knitters are needed. > >From the BBC website: > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > Although community groups, including the official friends of the > hospital association, have pitched in, more knitters are needed. Excuse my ignorance, but what's wrong with demonstrating with the real thing? Larry >Excuse my ignorance, but what's wrong with demonstrating with the real >thing? well they are using them for things like hand expressing, it's hardly appropriate for a non lactating women to get her breast out and demonstrate that, most people would be very uncomfortable, it also doesn't allow the women learning the chance to have a feel. The silicon ones they use are very realistic and it was definitely helpful to have tried out on that and then be left in private to do it my own. Anne He was Just having a joke lighten up a little. Tishtash > Excuse my ignorance, but what's wrong with demonstrating with the real > thing? > > Larry We have those at work, too. We are taught to use the HOT - Hands Off Technique. Rather than man-handling women's breasts, we demonstrate with these ourselves, while they put their own fingers on their own breasts in the correct position. I'm not sure if there are many Midwives out there who would be happy to demonstrate using their own breasts ;) Jo  SignatureWoman, Wife, Mother, Midwife I'm not sure funny is the right word. I think it's excellent that a useful tool, that is fairly expensive and likely to be seen as very low priority can be mimiced fairly well by something handmade and donated. I needed to express colostrum for my low birth weight baby and I found being shown on a pretend breast very helpful. Anne The Australian Breastfeeding Association has been using these for some time. Breastfeeding Counsellors do not touch the mother's breast and for the reasons outlined by others it is not always appropriate to whip out one's own. Hey we might also have male Counsellors one day! I know one of my friends was quite embarrassed when new neighbours popped over to introduce themselves and she had a bag full of knitted breasts on her couch. Larissa > The Australian Breastfeeding Association has been using these for some > time. Breastfeeding Counsellors do not touch the mother's breast and for [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Larissa I think it would be good if we had male workers doing some of the jobs that females are doing because I feel better talking to a male doctor than I do a female. Tishtash > The Australian Breastfeeding Association has been using these for some > time. Breastfeeding Counsellors do not touch the mother's breast and for > the reasons outlined by others it is not always appropriate to whip out > one's own. Hey we might also have male Counsellors one day! I went to a breastfeeding demonstration in the hospital when I gave birth to my first and the demo breast was definitely useful. And if the counsellor had whipped out her own I think all of us in the room would have been rather taken aback - to put it mildly! It's great that they've come up with a useful and cheaper alternative to the silicone ones. Kasia |
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