Darillyn - I agree with you. Many people in our society assume that if a woman chooses to exclusively breastfeed she must be a radical! Laura Beth Gilman LLLLeader Mom to boy 6, girl 4, boy almost 2 --- and in the process of adopting a child from Russia (girl 1-3 - no referral yet!) -----Original Message----- From: Lactation Information and Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Darillyn Starr Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 8:23 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Breastfeeding politicised comment The professor said, "Breast-feeding has become politicised. Instead of having a grown-up debate, we assume that unless a woman breast-feeds, she is an irresponsible mother." What I think more often happens is that, if a woman breastfeeds, or in any way lets it be known that she supports breastfeeding, others ASSUME that she thinks anyone who doesn't breastfeed is an irresponsible mother! I wonder why this professor would think it was grown-up for him to make such a judgemental statement? There is alot of tendency to take offense over such things, some on both sides. There certainly are some mothers who feel smug and superior because of their ability to totally breastfeed, but I think they are very much in the minority. There are women who are PROUD of their ablilty to do that, but that is not the same as feeling superior because of it. There are also those of us who would love to have our babies totally fed at our breasts, and from our breasts, but have to settle for feeding EBM in a bottle, feeding at the breast, with a supplementer full of formula to round out what our babies need that our breasts don't provide, or some other set up that combines elements of both breast and bottlefeeding. I have been overly sensitive over it, at times, myself, over my need to supplement my milk supply. Darillyn *********************************************** 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 *********************************************** 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