Hi All,
This is another of those situations where the mother has four choices: (imho)

1)  Do what the Drs wish and wean even tho she does not wnat to and it will
be harmful to the baby

2)  Wait until the baby weans then try for another pregnancy

3)  Tell the Drs "Thank you for your concern, I have researched this and
have decided to try and become pregnant and continue to BF - the choice is
mine not yours and you cannot FORCE me to do what I do not want to do."

4)  (And I know some of you out there will get mad, but oh well)  Lie.  Tell
the Drs she has weaned even tho she hasn't, try the IUI and continue to
nurse her child.

Sometimes, as we all know, those in the medical profession make STUPID
uninformed statements that they actually know nothing about and put a mother
in a position that, if she wants something bad enough, she may very well
HAVE to lie about her BF relationship to get what she wants (or needs).  I
don't think that is an acceptable position for any medical professional to
EVER put a woman in.  So when a woman decides that her only choice is to lie
to her HCP, then so be it.  If ALL HCPs were educated propeerly in the area
of BF, then BF women would NEVER find it neccessary to lie about whether or
not she is BF during some sort of treatment (that it is OK to BF during, but
the Dr doesn't think so).

Now as a qualifier, I know nothing about IUI, but if it just simply a means
to getting pregnant and there are no drugs involved that would be a risk to
the BF toddler, then what is the big deal?  It is HER body and what she
chooses to do with it while trying to get pregnant is HER business.


Up too early this morning...and a bit cranky.  Why do we women have to put
up with this sort of garbage?

Jay
Jay Simpson, CLE
Sacramento, California, West Coast, USA
"No Miracles performed here, just a lot of love and hard work."