Thanks, Jay, but I don't want to be on a pedestal. I'm afraid I'll fall off, and it's hard to make eye contact with people from up there. In general, more participation by people in their own health care is long overdue. Some docs have a hard time giving up the "mystique"--and I might add the big houses and fancy cars--that have been associated with it. Yes, there's a lot to know. I know more about it and have the background knowledge to ask better questions about what's new out there than many of my patients--that's my job. But when it comes to a knowing a particular baby, I'll listen to a breastfeeding mom over some "expert" any day. -- Anne Montgomery, M.D., I.B.C.L.C. [log in to unmask] St.Peter Hospital Family Practice Residency