12-13-97 Philadelphia Inquirer: A colleague of mine sent me a copy of Ms. Eisner's editorial (early December) entitled "Support breastfeeding with kindness and common sense." I think it is so sad that people like Ms. Eisner, her husband, and professional colleagues seem to feel that nourishing and nurturing their children was such a hardship. Breastfeeding made her feel like a cow? I would think that feeding formula (comes from cows) would make her feel this way. Her husband felt uninvolved and unimportant because he could not feed the baby? Did he also feel uninvolved and unimportant because he could not gestate the baby? Maybe he is not very creative - my husband quickly found hundreds of ways to be involved in the care of our babies. Fathers have to become more comfortable temporarily sharing their wives with the children? Temporarily? Do they plan to give the kids away? Women at work embarrassed about pumping? Nursing mothers causing great discomfort for others? What cave are these people hiding in? I am much more uncomfortable watching some talk shows, soap operas, ads for jeans and colognes than I am watching a happy nursing pair. Mothering IS hard work - breastfeeding makes it so much easier for me. Laurie Wheeler, RNC, MN, IBCLC Louisiana Breastfeeding MediaWatch Violet Louisiana USA