Dear Lactnetters - The question of child gender and breastfeeding has always interested me. Many years ago while leading a La Leche meeting we started a conversation about sex and breastfeeding - a discussion that went from hilarious at times, to thought provoking. In the midst of it all a new mother piped up and said that all her pregnancy she prayed that she would have a girl as she didn't know how she would breastfeed a boy. (obviously before the days of songrams). Before I could gather my thoughts and say something wise and reflective - the mother sitting next to me ( mother of two boys) said that she wasn't quite sure that she would be comfortable breastfeeding a girl. I then did some serious searching in the library and found some references to length of time breastfed and gender , or sex of child and how the mother holds the baby, facing her or away, but nothing about child gender and breastfeeding choices. In this framework (La Leche meeting) I had no maternal history or any knowledge of factors in these mothers that might contribute to thinking of child gender in relation to breastfeeding - it had never occurred to me to even think of this before. I wonder if there is a percentage of lactation failure due to the sex of the child being the "wrong" one. I now also wonder how prenatal knowledge of child gender influences breastfeeding choices. Sincerely, Toby Gish RN, LLL, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html