Kathleen B writes:

>
>
>Politics and related discussions that directly involve breastfeeding and
>breastfeeding support are welcome.


Phew!!!

>  Especially when the discussions are
>fairly brief and to the point.


Agreed :)

I was drawn to breastfeeding support mainly for political reasons. I 
also learnt (later) how wonderfully breastfeeding 'works' in the 
physical sense and how beautifully breastfeeding expresses maternal 
love. None of this is in conflict with understanding breastfeeding's 
social and political aspects.

The broad nature of Lactnet means (surely) we can welcome bf 
supporters whose main focus is clinical, those whose work involves 
them primarily with social support,  those who manage training of 
healthcare professionals, those who campaign for political and social 
change to enable breastfeeding to happen, those engaged in 
research....and those who take a justifiably suspicious view of the 
power of government and business to undermine breastfeeding.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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