Dear Friends: Please remember that human milk is not magic fairy dust. It does not confer high intelligence, great beauty, complete life-long health, and the ability to 'leap tall buildings at a single bound.' Breastfeeding is like wearing a seat belt; no guarantee of life, but skewing the odds SO MUCH in favor of life and health that it is worth it to do. For the mother of the 3 year-old with diabetes I say, thank god you nursed for as long as you did! warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University Film Editor, Journal of Human Lactation Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html