43% of Irish women breastfeeding http://www.irishmedicalnews.ie/articles.asp?Category=news&ArticleID=17208 Ireland has one of the lowest rates of breastfeeding compared to other Western countries. Just 43 per cent of women leaving hospital following the birth of their child are breastfeeding, compared with rates of up to 99 per cent in some other countries. Speaking at a HSE conference on the issue, Dr Jack Newman, University of Toronto, said Ireland had to challenge cultural norms which promoted bottle-feeding ahead of breastfeeding. (see link for full article) Janice Reynolds *********************************************** 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