Retrocochlear

Dear doctors and medical students of all stripes and specialties everywhere:

Breastfeeding is really awesome and also really hard. It’s a huge commitment, especially for working/student moms, to be the source of food for a baby. And American culture undermines it at almost every turn.

Do me a favor and download an app called lactamed. There is a lot of misinformation and “we’ve always done it this way” that can fuck up breastfeeding. Ex: women are frequently told to pump and dump after general anesthesia when they actually don’t have to! Or women are frequently told to pump and dump after having an alcoholic beverage. False!! Not necessary! Many women do not have oversupply, many struggle with undersupply and there are ways to help increase it, both pharmacological and nonpharmacological.

We did not get any education about breastfeeding at my school and many pediatricians and ob’s aren’t much better educated. Nursing women will be patients of everyone. Support and advocate for your breastfeeding patients and colleagues in the clinic and hospital, especially those in resource poor areas. Help them find breastfeeding support groups. I’m part of one on facebook and it really helped me keep nursing, especially in the early days when it is the hardest.

Your Guide to Breastfeeding is an amazing resource for new moms and those who want to learn about the basics of breastfeeding. We give this to all our new moms. Also available in Spanish and Chinese. 

Lactimed as mentioned above is a great resource where you can determine if certain meds are safe to use while breastfeeding and offers alternatives if available. It’s also available as an app which I feel like is easier to use. 

Breastfeeding resources provides breastfeeding basics, common concerns, and trusted breastfeeding resources for mothers. 

I appreciate your apology.

Please make sure it doesn’t happen again.

I am working on forgiving you.

Apology accepted.

Thank you, but I am still having trouble accepting your apology.

Please do better next time.

I can see that.

1000 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY

i passed 1000 followers about a month ago, and i wanted to do something to thank you guys for being here and pumping that study iron with me! so, here is a lil somethin’ somethin’ from me to (4 of) you in the hopes that it’ll aid you on your academic/life journey. :))

from the upper left in a clockwise direction, here are the ~prize packs~:

london

white/orange polka dot pencil case

designpub decor set for hanging photographs: includes twine and 14 mini clothespins

4 pilot ‘juice’ gel pens, 0.5mm in: metallic violet, metallic green, metallic blue, and metallic pink

lumina-twin highlighters: 3 green/yellow, 3 blue/yellow

cute ass woodland flora and fauna stickers!

pilot ‘g-2′ gel pen, 0.38mm

ultra-simple mechanical pencil, 0.7mm lead

sandy london notebook, 3 sections: blank, black, lined

m&g 4b eraser

lil apple keychain!

sheep notepad (you can’t see but the sheep have little daisies sticking out of them uwu)

sausage dogs in t-shirts socks!!

rome

blue sticky notes

must-have fruit push pins, set of 20

4 monami ‘plus-pen s’ pens in: green (but it looks yellow), blue, pink, orange

lumina-twin highlighters: 3 green/yellow, 3 blue/yellow

cute ass woodland flora and fauna stickers!

pilot ‘g-2′ gel pen, 0.38mm

pentel ‘caplet’ mechanical pencil, 0.5mm

pink rome notebook, 3 sections: blank, black, lined

m&g 4b eraser

lil apple keychain!

sheep notepad (you can’t see but the sheep are wearing scarves ahh)

patterned socks

paris

pink sticky notes

must-have fruit push pins, set of 20

4 pilot ‘juice’ gel pens, 0.5mm in: baby pink, light blue, orange, and pastel green

lumina-twin highlighters: 3 green/yellow, 3 blue/yellow

cute ass woodland flora and fauna stickers!

pilot ‘g-2′ gel pen, 0.38mm

pentel ‘caplet’ mechanical pencil, 0.5mm

green paris notebook, 3 sections: blank, black, lined

m&g 2b eraser

lil watermelon keychain!

sheep notepad (now the sheep have leaves in their wool!!)

penguins j chillin’ with CACTI socks

no city this time just a hip looking girl

white and black eye pencil case

designpub decor set for hanging photographs: includes twine and 14 mini clothespins

4 monami ‘plus-pen s’ pens in: turquoise, red, green, and purple

lumina-twin highlighters: 3 green/yellow, 3 blue/yellow

cute ass woodland flora and fauna stickers!

pilot ‘g-2′ gel pen, 0.38mm

ultra-simple mechanical pencil, 0.7mm lead

red notebook with a girl on the cover in a hat idk i think she looks really cool, 3 sections: blank, black, lined

m&g 2b eraser

lil watermelon keychain

sheep notepad (ROSES in the sheep’s WOOL oh my GOODNESS)

patterned socks

whew ok that was a mouthful - onto the important things now!

rules + deadline

must be following me (this is for my followers, after all)

1 reblog = 1 entry, you can reblog as many times as you want

likes do not count as entries, only bookmarks

no giveaway blogs

giveaway closes december 5th, 12am (gmt+8, china time)

have your ask box open or else i won’t be able to contact you!

the 4 winners must respond within 48 hours. after those 2 days have passed, i will pick new winners

you will get to choose your pack - 1st winner gets to choose from the 4 packs, 2nd winner gets to choose from the remaining 3, and so on until the 4th winner gets what’s left

notes

i will be using a random number generator to pick the winner

open internationally, just make sure i can ship to your country and you’re comfortable giving me your address

(if you’re under 18, check with whoever is in charge of you to make sure they’re cool with that address thing)

s+h fees will all be paid by me

i have no idea why some of the images above are better quality and some are shit?? sorry about that, man. if you want more photos of anything (inside the notebooks, swatches of the pens, etc..) i’d be happy to provide, just let me know!

more questions? ask here!

shouldn’t be too hard tbh