breast feeding and health visitor training - there is hope!

[ilovemydog]

My health visitor just called (which is amazing in itself as we try and avoid each other!) to say that all the health visitors at the surgery are doing a week long breastfeeding training course.

As part of the course, she needs to come and 'observe' a baby being breast fed.

Further, she asked me to think of ways health visitors can support breast feeding mothers

Am off to faint now.....

I also have an amazing HV

She was very very good when i had thrush from BF at 10 days.

But that's what amazing - my HV was absolute garbage!

They suggested formula when DD was bottoming out on 9th percentile. I was the one who insisted on breast feeding and that she was measured for length, which ended up being 75th percentile...