Fellow lactnetters, As many of you know, I am an IBCLC and pediatric nurse practitioner finishing my PhD at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. My dissertation is using phenomenological interviews to understand mothers who elect not to breastfeed- my idea is that until we fully understand the context of their lives and the way in which they experience their breasts, we cannot make the cultural changes to dramatically improve rates of initiation (this has been raised in several recent threads, I was happy to see!) I'm really interested in the mothers (I'm sure you've seen them before), who have no "reason" not to breastfeed, but tell you it's just not for them...the frustration led to my question! I need a few more interviews and hoped you could help me identify mothers in this situation living in the metro Atlanta area. The goal obviously is NOT to change their minds, I would just be listening, recording, and eventually analyzing what they have to say. I appreciate your consideration of this research, and will be glad to discuss more about it with you if you'd like to! Maeve Howett, RN, IBCLC, CPNP Contact me! [log in to unmask] or 404.377.8679 *********************************************** 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