I agree about the lack of good information in those
letters, Kimberly.
My mouth was hanging open in surprise and dismay after
reading Dr. Gross' letter about how much more effort
breastfeeding infants expend then bottle-feeding
infants. And, unfortunately, many will believe his
information is correct because he is an MD. :(

Judie Gibel
Miami Florida

> Date:    Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:16:47 -0400
> From:    Kimberly Charron <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: NYT letters
> 
>  Yikes, so few of those letters contained good
> information.  I found the 
> following two the most distressing.  BF causing
> dangerous spikes of blood 
> pressure???  Stopping BF to alleviate PPD???  To my
> understanding, those 
> wonderful mothering hormones can help a mother
> through PPD and ceasing cold 
> turkey can harm in so many ways!
> Kimberly, La Leche League Canada Leader
> 
> From: 
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/science/20webletters.html?pagewanted=5&_r=3
> 
> "To the Editor:
> 
> You note that breast-fed babies are less likely to
> become obese. That may 
> have something to do with the extreme effort babies
> must expend to empty the 
> breast.
> 
> As they do, their blood pressure rises sharply, then
> falls back to normal 
> when they take their mouths off the breast and come
> up for air. By contrast, 
> bottle-fed babies don't expend nearly as much
> effort, and their blood 
> pressure doesn't go up as much. Indeed, mothers who
> bottle-feed often 
> enlarge the hole in the bottle's nipple to make
> their baby's first job 
> easier.
> 
> Dr. Herbert S. Gross
> Rockville, Md.
> The writer is a clinical professor of psychiatry at
> the University of 
> Maryland School of Medicine."



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