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Breastfeeding Is Normal presents: A Breastfeeding Advocacy Chat #26
12/21
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27 mamas in attendance

12:02:10 Host_Housepoet OFFICIAL START OF THE BREASTFEEDINGISNORMAL.ORG CHAT! WELCOME! MY NAME IS NOEL AND I AM YOUR HOSTESS TODAY! ARIANA IS MY RIGHT HAND WOMAN, AND SPA IS MY LEFT. THIS CHAT IS TRANSCRIPTED AND POSTED ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THIS CHAT...PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN POSTING TO THIS CHAT. THANK YOU! :)
12:02:32 Host_Housepoet In the article found here:
12:02:37 Host_Housepoet http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=6464
12:02:45 Host_Housepoet I found the woman on the plane name. I did a google search and came across a website where her name was listed as the VP of a parents association for a preschool.
12:02:51 Host_Housepoet I sent a heartfelt email to the preschool asking them to forward my email to Mrs. Tetrault.
12:02:56 galadriel2006 ok
12:02:59 galadriel2006 what happened?
12:03:01 Host_Housepoet Greetings,    This email may come completely out of the ordinary, but I am hoping that you can help me out. My name is Noel Pickett. I am not a reporter or a member of the news media. I am simply a breastfeeding mother who runs an organization that supports a mother and child's right to nurse in public. My website is called breastfeedingisnormal.org.
12:03:07 Host_Housepoet Recently I came across this article regarding a woman named K.K. Tetrault, who is a resident of Eureka, being asked to stop nursing her baby on an American Airlines flight.: http://www.eurekareporter.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?ArticleID=6464
12:03:15 Host_Housepoet After putting her name into a google search, I came across your website, where it appears that Mrs. Tetrault is the Vice President of the of the board of directors. I wanted to get in contact with Mrs. Tetrault to see if she would like to speak with me regarding the situation as well as offer up any assistance in filing a grievance or any support that she might need. I have a database of thousands of nursing mothers and supportive fathers and family members who are appalled at the treatment Mrs. Tetrault received. The other organizations that I work with have started letter writing campaigns and have actually gotten another airline to change their policy regarding breastfeeding on board the plane.
12:03:23 Host_Housepoet We cannot act however without Mrs. Tetrault blessing.    I implore you to forward this email to her and encourage her to get in contact with me when she feels comfortable. If anything, please pass the word along to her that she is not alone. There are millions of breastfeeding supporters standing ready to defend her and her child's right to nurse when ever, where ever.    If the K.K Mrs. Tetrault is not the same woman in this article that I have referenced, please disregard my email and accept my sincere apologies.    Kind Regards,  Noel Pickett  http://breastfeedingisnormal.org
12:03:38 Host_Housepoet They wrote me back right away and said that they would forward the email on to her.
12:03:45 Host_Housepoet While I was waiting to hear from Mrs Tetrault, I spoke with the national director of Promom, the advocacy site that is known for their 3 minute activist emails that anyone can fill out and send in support of a wide variety of breastfeeding causes. Promom’s 3MA worked so well once that they got JetBlue to retrain their inflight staff regarding breastfeeding mothers. I knew that Promom and BFIN could work together to make something happen for this woman.
12:05:01 mod_ariana That's so awesome!
12:05:18 galadriel2006 excellent!
12:05:24 downundermum hi all
12:05:52 Host_Housepoet She then called me the next day. We spoke for a while and said how touched she was that I reached out to help her like this. SHe knew something had to be done. I got her in touch with Carrie from promom right away and after a great conversation Mrs. Tetrault. gave her blessing for promom to go ahead with the 3MA.     RIGHT AFTER they got off the phone Mrs. Tetrault.got a phone call from the Head of Public relations at the airline. He stated that the employee had been put on Admin. Leave and they were going to retrain their employees on how to deal with a situation like hers. He apologized greatly to her.
12:05:54 tobeborn darn it i have to go
12:06:17 mwalton excellent!
12:06:17 sugarcoated_poison_apple oh, total awesomeness
12:06:20 Host_Housepoet so
12:06:36 Host_Housepoet There is a press realease about it
12:06:43 mwalton (glad to hear it too as I'm flying United to San Diego in January)
12:06:56 Host_Housepoet Carrie from promom is going to forwrad it to me
12:07:09 Host_Housepoet and she is also going to set up a 3MA thank you email to the airline
12:07:16 Host_Housepoet that we will all sign and send off
12:07:33 Host_Housepoet their policy is to offer a blanket to the mother if a passanger complains
12:07:35 galadriel2006 that's so wonderful!
12:07:47 Host_Housepoet then if she doesn't want it, they will ask the offended passenger to MOVE TO ANOTHER SEAT
12:07:53 Host_Housepoet not the mom
12:08:12 sugarcoated_poison_apple that's awesome
12:08:14 therealocelot does the lameass phone answering person from last week who said that her airline didn't have an official policy, but tht she'd personally complain about someone breastfeeding get put on admin. leave too?
12:08:17 mwalton now that's excellent!
12:08:37 kittn good deal
12:08:38 Host_Housepoet that I don't know
12:08:43 Host_Housepoet so WE didn't have to do anything
12:08:54 Host_Housepoet Carrie said that the letter was from their LAWYER.
12:09:02 kittn all of these poor women who are made to feel less than just because they do what is right for their child
12:09:03 Host_Housepoet so they knew that they were dealing with some serious biz
12:09:19 Mama_K awesome!
12:09:39 downundermum that happens all the time but kittn!!
12:09:56 kittn i know down, it really just makes me sad
12:10:07 kittn i dont understand society now
12:10:22 heffalump what have i missed?
12:10:25 galadriel2006 i'm so proud of them
12:10:35 doulasteph hello ladies!
12:10:38 kittn you can have an add with a half naked irl on during prime time, but heven forbit there is a nursing mom around
12:10:42 downundermum i know kittn makes me mad
12:11:14 kittn my typic is horrid
12:11:19 kittn one handed nak
12:11:36 downundermum same lol
12:11:38 doulasteph me 2, 1 handed today!
12:11:44 kittn sam feels yucky so boobie to the rescue it would seem
12:11:49 heffalump Im pretty lucky here. the hospital i delivered at and our public health office is pro breastfeeding.
12:12:08 kittn i didnt give my hospital a choice
12:12:10 downundermum :nak:
12:12:10 galadriel2006 don't worry about it, we're al good at deciphering NAK typing errors
12:12:16 kittn i was very... insistant
12:12:21 Host_Housepoet I have Mrs Tetrault on the phone
12:12:27 Host_Housepoet and I'm trying to get here into the chat
12:12:36 galadriel2006 cool!
12:12:41 silverandgold wow!
12:12:42 kittn yeah!
12:12:43 doulasteph thats good heff.  My PHN  was not friendly when i had my first 13 years ago!
12:12:49 heffalump well they dont even try to make you give the baby formula at my hospital which was a plus.
12:12:51 kittn phn?
12:13:13 mod_ariana http://www.livejournal.com/community/breastfeeding/1932610.html?#cutid1
12:13:14 doulasteph public health nurse
12:13:15 heffalump there is signs all over the public health office about breastfeeding.. and at the hospital a big huge poster called baby jeopardy.
12:13:18 mod_ariana Did those of you on LJ see this?
12:13:33 heffalump the answer to all the questions in baby jeopardy is breastfeeding.
12:13:39 mod_ariana I'll C&P the info for those not in the community
12:13:41 kittn i went into the hospitalwith 5000000 copies of my birth plan and nursery care plan
12:13:42 mod_ariana This morning, the Public Health Council approved revisions to Massachusetts'  Hospital Licensure Regulations for Maternal and Newborn Services that prohibit the direct marketing of commercial formula materials to mothers, including the distribution of commercial formula discharge bags.  The revised regulations also include additional provisions to strengthen breastfeeding education and support in the hospital setting.  Thanks to all of you who assisted and supported the Department during this revision process.  We hope you are as excited as we are about these important changes!  In the near future, the Department will be providing additional information and guidance to hospitals to help put these policies into place.
12:13:49 heffalump i did
12:13:56 mod_ariana Isn't that wonderful
12:13:58 doulasteph brb
12:14:04 galadriel2006 oh yeah!
12:14:10 heffalump thats good.
12:14:45 galadriel2006 i'm so glad that the next peanut we have will get born at home (barring problems)
12:14:56 galadriel2006 then i don't have to deal with the formula pushing
12:15:04 kittn thats great
12:15:09 downundermum my last 3 have been home births
12:15:17 mod_ariana Both hospitals where I gave birth were really good
12:15:19 kittn down- you are so lucky
12:15:27 mod_ariana I did get the formula bag with the first one
12:15:29 doulasteph I'm trying 2 alk dhinto sopporing my being a surrogate
12:15:36 mod_ariana but that was the only formula pushing
12:15:39 heffalump im so glad i dont have to worry about it.. they didnt send me home with anything.
12:15:41 galadriel2006 my first two were in the hospital and they pretty much sucked
12:15:53 kittn all 3 have been hospital births
12:16:01 doulasteph lol, 1 handed typing
12:16:09 heffalump I'd love to have a home birth but I dont think they'll let me have a VBAC at home..
12:16:11 kittn first was terrible, then i got smart.*read pushy*
12:16:20 Host_Housepoet i'll beb
12:16:24 mod_ariana The second time I even overheard the nurses acting shocked because a mom asked for her baby to be FF over night.
12:16:31 doulasteph i just vbc'd at home!
12:16:37 heffalump really?
12:16:46 kittn really?
12:16:46 mod_ariana heffalump I've heard of lots of HBACs (home VBACs)
12:16:55 galadriel2006 how close do you live to a hospital?
12:17:01 mod_ariana I had a hospital VBAC with a midwife
12:17:02 heffalump awesome i thought i was doomed to always be at a hospital.
12:17:11 heffalump Im about 10 minute drive from the hospital.
12:17:12 galadriel2006 oh no
12:17:14 sugarcoated_poison_apple my 2 were born in hospitals, the first sucked but the 2nd was more like a birth center and it was so much better. i want the next to be born at hme, though, whenever that will be
12:17:17 doulasteph hmmm, about 10 minutes from hosp.
12:17:23