For today's piece of "we should support moms no matter what" including
criticism of LLL (entirely unecessary in this article, and including a
quote from Dr. Gartner about some leaders being fanatical.)

The title "Breast-feeding:  What's best?  The issue is not as simple as
nourishing a baby.  So new guidelines were certain to spark debate."

It's not as bad as y'day's article by Eisner, but it closed with this
(two of the last three paragraphs):

"Even if society becomes more supportive, each woman needs to decide how
long to breast-feed *if at all*, experts say.  She has to weight the
undisputed physchological and health benefits gainst potential
hassles--including cracked nipples, plugged milk ducts, embarassing
leaks, blouses that gap over bulging busts.  Whatever her choice society
should support it, experts agree."

"What I say to my patients who feel they can't breast-feed for whatever
reason is: Look at us. We were primarily a bottle-fed generation and
we're going great , " Buch said  (Catherine Buch, a pediatrician at
Pennyslvania Hospital).

This article was on C1 of the Health and Science section.
www.philynews.com. Letters to editor:  [log in to unmask]
 Letters and commentsto the Health and Science Section (they do not get
printed):  [log in to unmask]  Apparently, Eisner's e-mail
address is [log in to unmask] (no period b/w the J and the Eisner.)

Melissa Kirsch