LACTNET Archives

Lactation Information and Discussion

LACTNET@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM

Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
Reply To:
Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 13 Feb 2000 15:55:31 EST
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (38 lines)
I agree with Kathy (as usual), and would be very interested in the data.  My
decision to become pregnant with #3 (due in July) was very much about
enjoying the "breastfeeding" stage of life and not wanting to move out of it
too quickly.  Not the breastfeeding per se, but all that goes with nurturing
little ones and growing myself in the process.  It is, on some level, a vain
attempt to hold back the clock and not rush into the (very scary) "raising
teenagers" stage.  I had also noted that the women I admired most (of those
in their late 40s to 60s) either had several children or told me they wish
they had had more.  And I always wished for lots of cousins (I only have two)
and figure I can compensate by hoping for lots of grandchildren.
Population/ecological issues do have some influence on my thinking, but so do
religious views of children/fertility as a gift from God.

I am saddened that people worldwide seem so ready to be "done with"
child-rearing and get back to their "real" lives.  I've met with the same
surprise as Karen has - "was this *planned*??" has become an awfully rude
question, IMO.

Elaine Ziska
Jackson, MS

In a message dated 2/13/00 1:10:33 PM Central Standard Time, Kathy Dettwyler
writes:

<< My inclination is to say they have more -- but that may just be my own
 experience within my own family (I have 3) and with my local circle of
 friends and neighbors.  And if I was pressed to explain why that might be
 the case, I guess I would say it is because families where the mothers
 breastfeed are more likely to *enjoy* children and to see them as valuable
 in their own right, and a joy to have around.  Nothing like vast sweeping
 generalizations and stereotypes! >>

             ***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2