> Your statement implies that to *not vaccinate* is analogous to artificial
> feeding and that this is generally accepted by bf advocates to be true. Among
> the many bf advocates I know, however, it is certainly not true and IMO, it
> dramatically weakens your whole argument. Indeed, quite a few of us would
> consider vaccinating to be analogous to AF, and avoiding vaccines to be a
> part of mothering. Without getting into the debate of vaccination, however, I
> would like to ask that those who write about such issues consider that this
> is a very controversial topic.

But the point remains that HCPs will make a terrible fuss (even in countries
were vaccination is not ordered by law, but strongly recommended) when a mom
does not want her children to have the vaccines or not all of them and they see
absolutely no point in making the mother feel as guilty as they can make her for
refusing the shots (or, for that matter, vitamins or fluroride). Wished they
were equally fanatic about BF matters...

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, living in Maaseik, Belgium
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
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