Please any who care to respond, respond directly to Annie.  Thanks.  Kathy D.

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>Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 16:07:09 EST
>Subject: Re: Psychological aspects of Breastfeeding
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>Dear Kathy:  First, a belated thank you for your thoughtful response to my
>queries.  I appreciate all your suggestions, in particular your offer to post
>my question re/ women who don't want to start to breatfeed because they're
>already anticipating having to stop.  This idea was presented to me by
>T.Berry Brazelton, who was seated next to me at a luncheon about a year ago.
>(We've known each other for quite awhile.) He was talking primarily about
>women who have the minimum maternity leave and who anticipate going back to
>work and struggling with breastfeeding at the same time. According to Berry,
>there are women today who experience a kind of anticipatory grief at the
>prospect of having to wean and, therefore, don't even want to try.  Does this
>ring true for any of the lactation consultants on your list? I would
>definitely love anyone with any info about this to e-mail me at
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>Thanks again!
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