Jessica, Re: your message 7/12/00. What unknowledgeable advise for any professional to give. But I guess that is what the old timers were taught in med. school. Don't they have to keep up with the latest? My MD (1964) had told me to "bind up" because my sister told me "there's no benefits to BF after 6 mos." I've regretted it (stopping at 11 mos) since I found out the facts. It was bad. Thought I'd burst!!! I'm lucky I didn't have more trouble. Worse on my daughter. She started bovine milk and our family has intollerance to it. She now has exzema. Emotionally we both had a hard time. I wish I had it to do over again. That lesson taught me to remind my clients to ask if anyone gives them BF information, ask the person "what are their credentials. And is this the latest info.?" Regards, P.Harris-Swenson, MA, IBCLC, Doula in training WIC Nutritionist & BF Coordinator Still behind '69 spring cleaning AND Lactnet mail! Lowell, MA USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html