> The mother knows exactly what to do and how to do it. I suppose one
could call
>it instinctive. The problems come in when doctors and midwives think they
>know best (with few exceptions I will say).

Makes me think of my excellent and well-intentioned dr urging me to
hold my breath longer with each push.  I was too busy to tell her,
"Lady, I'm doing it exactly this way because I know this is exactly
the way I want to do it."  And *that* makes me think of the aging
Royal in England who was gently corrected by some whippersnapper when
she picked up the "wrong" fork.  "My dear," she replied with dignity.
"I am 83 years old.  I know everything there is to know about
flatwear.  When I select a utensil, it is because I know *exactly*
what it is I intend to do with it."

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY

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