In a message dated 11/2/2006 11:36:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
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Deb Ray, RNC, IBCLC - slowly, slowly winning one battle at a time for=20
breastfeeding babies.....
Dear Friends:
    Or is it more like "slowly, slowly winning one baby at a time in the 
battle for breastfeeding"?

    Yesterday, an obstetrician called me for help in promoting breastfeeding 
in her office!! This is a first for me. I've never had a obstetrician call.

    We talked for a long time. I am sending her several cartons of materials 
in several languages for her practice. She laments the fragmentation of 
medical care in the US, where the doctors that catch the babies have little notion 
that what they do makes the work for the folks that care for these babies. Dr. 
Lawrence Gartner said as much to me 15 years ago, that there is little 
communication between OBs and pediatricians.

    In the Philadelphia area, more and more babies are being sent home at 35 
weeks..............after an induction. 

    warmly,
    
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Adjunct Faculty, Union Institute and University, Lactation Program
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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