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Date:    Tue, 5 Dec 2006 10:10:20 -0500
From:    Margaret and Stewart Wills <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: snappy comeback, communication strategies, formula gets an A

Or one could ignore that he said anything about formula and try to 
put this dumb comment in a positive light.
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yup, yup I agree.  Tempting as it is to toss off a snappy one-liner 
(and richly though it may be deserved), a glass-half-full approach is 
while less satisfying, better (i.e., more efficacious -- gets you 
closer to your goal, which is encouraging bf all around) in the end. 
The doc *was*, after all, agreeing that bm was best and just 
reinforcing that is the safest trade-off of 
reinforcement-to-chance-of-alienation (in either doc or pt).


On another point, I'm wondering whether a) the 4 yo in Oregon was 
currently bf or just acquiesced under the circumstances and b) 
whether it might be possible to actually relactate under such 
emergency conditions -- wacky thought eh, but one to keep in mind 
perhaps, for a snowy day???  It's a weird idea in the absence of 
caloric intake, to generate only output (mother's milk) to sustain 
life.  It would be essentially eating yourself, but since kids 
probably need more calories, I guess it's a way to share around total 
energy among the family better.  Rather than everyone being surprised 
at the condition of the kids, I should think the condition of the 
*mother* was what was most amazing!  Such a hero!!!!  	-Sara; LLLL 
in WLA USA.

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