Dear Lactneters,
I want to share with you something my daughter (who is 5) said to me last
night.  She was with me while I was getting undressed for bed and asked,
"Mom, did you feed me with those?"  I had to reply "No, I didn't."  She
looked a bit sad and asked me why not.  I told her that I wish I had.
Just wanted to let you know that probably if I would have had the knowledge
and support from people like you, I would have continued.  I tried with my
son.  He nursed wonderfully for 2 weeks, then he wanted to eat all the time.
 I didn't know that he was going through a growth spurt.  I was experiencing
a little bit of postpartum depression and planning to return to work in 10
weeks (full time RN).  I was leaking constantly and didn't know it would
probably eventually decrease.  I felt too modest.  I worried that he wasn't
getting enough.  He always fussed and cried to fall asleep (even when
bottlefed, I learned).  I was too overwhelmed and quit.  When I had my
daughter, I just didn't want to go through all the mental anguish I had with
my son and I never even tried.
So now I grieve not ever really giving it a chance.  I am so much more
informed now than I was then.  Keep up the good work you do with mothers.
 Hopefully their decision on how to feed their baby will be a more educated
one than mine was.