"I suspect that *any* working mother whose work is physical rather than
mental is likely to fall into a work pattern like mine.  She gets more
done and her workday flows better."

The big "IF" in what you say, Diane, is IF the mother is in proximity to the
baby! I've never been able to understand the timing recommendations to women
who have their babies near them - as, in our country at least, most have the
opportunity to do for the first weeks at the least. Seems to me one of the
truly obvious and self-evident facts of new-parenting is that life goes so
much better for *everyone* if you just nurse whenever the baby wants to, for
as long as the baby wants to or as long as the mother is able to, whichever
comes first. But I've learned that this is a truly radical notion for most
people.

Again, I think it's a case of the "medical professionals" being determined
to keep some control and "authority" over the most minute details of women's
lives - even over our biology! I guess I was just born and raised naturally
resistant to this type of authority - have never been able to really *get*
why some "expert" I've never seen should tell me how often or how long I
"should" nurse my baby.

Cathy B.

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