thursday county....

ok, so i had unexpected moments in my thursday county experience........and i must say that i have rarely come closer to crying along with a client.....let me explain.......i am used to dealing with folks that are underinformed/uninterested/underinvolved.......and to meet with a pregnant client who was not only none of the above......was a pleasure.....but her story was oh so sad.......she has 2 children from a previous marriage......and to make a long story short....her first spouse had a vascectomy...and she had breast implants.....and now she is remarried and expecting the first child with spouse number 2......and she wants to breastfeed this baby just like she breastfed the first two children........but she is afraid to do so because she knows that her implants have a silicon coating........and though she feels that she is able to make milk she is hesitant to use this milk....and she sat in my little thursday space and sobbed.........and i came damn near close to sobbing with her......for having had the implants for spouse number 1....and then for the marriage to go sour.....and for her new baby to be shortchanged.....well......let me tell you what i said about all of that....for starts......if silicon is an issue....than why is nobody worried about the pregnancy.......if silicon leaks...then isn't it harming the baby as we speak?......nobody seems worried about that....so why worry about nursing the baby after birth that you are feeding via umbilical cord now?......and cannot you get your milk tested ( she is already leaking...)........at the very least she needs a second opinion from her current doctor......a male who has never breastfed........to think that i was so tired that i considered calling in sick today.........somedays it is a good thing to go to work.........