In a message dated 3/2/2006 1:22:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
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The  difference between normal breastfeeding and medical breastfeeding is,  in
many cases, nothing short of the difference between learning to change  the
world and learning that, unless we use force, we are powerless to  change
anything at all.



Dear Friends:
    Kerry's eloquence reminds me of a quote I heard  somewhere that I can 
only paraphrase now: one can see the values of  a culture by how it births its 
children. 
    Birth in the USA is routinely violent. And  breastfeeding? I can't tell 
you how many mothers are taught to "ram" the baby  onto the breast, or fight 
with the baby to breastfeed every two hours.
    sadly,

Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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