You know, Karyn-grace is right to say that not everyone will go to a mother-support group, even with the urging of health care providers.  Many working mothers simply don't have the time, or don't perceive, even with urging, that it's well *worth* the time.  

So part two:  We need to be creating versions of mother support groups that work for working moms.  Finding and promoting - or creating -on-line groups that disseminate good information.  Starting groups that meet at malls (*seeing* other mothers and babies is *so* important!).  Hooking clients together so they can form playgroups.  Other ideas?  What are people doing that works to put busy moms together with other busy moms, so that they can actually *see* life with an older nursling?

Or maybe really strong urging by health care providers *would* be enough.  How many of us would suddenly find time to exercise if our HCPs tell us it's truly vital - not as an overall good thing but in our particular health situation?  Maybe *I'm* not taking mother-to-mother participation seriously enough when I talk to moms about it.  Hmmm....

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY  USA
www.wiessinger.baka.com  

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