Even though the mind is not thinking too clearly yet early on what my mind is saying is a Monday morning, but in reality is Tuesday morning, I just thought of another piece of the "breastfeeding equipment" puzzle that is being discussed here. One of the main reasons women have so much trouble breastfeeding in public (at least here in the US) may be because it's next to impossible to lug around all the "equipment" they've been told they can't breastfeed without. Imagine, baby gets hungry while mom is shopping the world's largest shopping mall (Woodfield or Mall of America, take your pick). Now she not only has to find a "private" spot (maybe not, because many states have now passed a LAW), sit down, pull out her trusty pillow, open her nursing top and nursing bra, take out the shells she's using to form her nipples to bottle nipple length, also remove the nursing pads she's using to absorb the leaked milk caused by the shells due to excessive aerolar stimulation, then remove the hydrogel dressings being used to combat the sore nipples she still has due to improper latch. Oh, don't forget the lanolin to be applied liberally after nursing and maybe, the baby didn't get enough to eat this feeding, so she pulls out the bottle of EBM, and gee, her breasts are still uncomfortably full, so maye she needs to go into the bathroom (or maybe back to her car) and use the breast pump she has also packed with her....I think we now get the idea how many mothers perceive their nursing experiences. And I'm not too tongue-in- cheek with the scenario I just painted. This is reality for some of the mothers I work with. Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** 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