Rachel wrote:
> women here who fret the most and are least able to be at ease
> with BF are those who want to know exactly how many mls the baby is
getting,
> and then desire some sort of guarantee that the baby will make no further
> demands on them for some set interval, for example 3 or 4 hours.
> These women are often poorly educated though employed for pay, usually in
> lower level jobs in the health care system, i.e. nurses' aides, or aides
in
> day cares.  They are used to a task-oriented focus, NOT a process-oriented
> one.  I see this seldom in women with university or college degrees and
> higher powered careers.

This is so interesting.  Maybe it's got something to do with living in a
breastfeeding supportive culture?  The opposite seems to apply here.  More
educated women do tend to breastfeed, but have such a hard time trying to
*regulate* their babies' needs for eating and sleeping.

Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC  Cape Town

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