>Maybe we're not stuck with breastfeeding.  What do you think?  Would we
>*dare* just talk about "feeding"?

I believe that I used feeding and bfing interchangeably when I was
speaking
about my own kids. Bf was just how you feed babies. But then, we live in
Boston which is a pretty enlightened community in these areas.

I agree that we should be moving in this direction. Diane, you always
push us to think about the language we use and how powerful it is
as a way of educating and normalizing bf.  Thanks for keeping us
thinking and keeping us honest.

I love the idea of showing pictures of laboring women and athletes in
childbirth classes. I am always looking for new ways to present birth
as a doable human activity. Does anyone have access to such pictures
or could tell me where to find them?
  Naomi Bar-Yam

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