But, before Research was done, even these basic ideas, we now know 
as "obvious" as well as "scientific" were not seen as either by either many 
mothers or many in Health Care. 

Research confirmed these things, and as time goes on, confirms more and 
more, as well as thing we didn't even assume, such as the Stem Cells in human 
milk, the antibiotic effect in Human milk, In Vitro ect. 

As more time goes on, more and more qualities of human milk  (which 
eventually will seem "obvious" as well as "scientific" to more HCPs the more we 
repeat them, along with the research) will be proven, and so on. Remember, 
before research, none of the things we, as breastfeeding experts and 
advocates consider "obvious" were NOT seen as obvious or the "norm" by 
those in scientific areas. Only research proved that the things we now KNOW 
to be Obvious are indeed Proven and Scientific as well. In the future more and 
more things will also be included, but only if research continues. 

Without research, anything could seem obvious or false, depending on the 
person looking at the idea, and their agendas.

Respectfully,

Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLL
Private Practice 

On Thu, 1 May 2008 11:15:40 -0700, gonneke van veldhuizen 
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:


>These are old wives tales and urban legends. My example was an obvious 
based on what we ''scientifically'' already know about breastfeeding: it is the 
biological norm, it has antibiotic  and antifungal effects and thus it is 
*obvious* that this should be seen as the norm and non-biologically normative 
interventions should be weighed and tested against that.
>
>Warmly,
>
>Gonneke IBCLC, LLLL in southern Netherlands

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