Take time to discuss your client's understanding of the role of sodium in
creating a healthy balance for herself and her baby; in addition to the
cultural myths that circulate via television and the print media, the firm
convictions of grandparents-to-be and other family members can create
confusion and hesitancy in your client. After all, she wants what is best
for her baby. If you do not articulate the sodium question, chances are
that she will answer any question she has regarding salt from the vantage
point of her own understanding, and very likely this will be based on
currently popular but unscientific conclusions--to the detriment of the
health of her baby.
-Althea Seaver, Sodium in Pregnancy, Midwifery Today Issue 20
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 16 April 21, 2000)
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