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"Kermaline J. Cotterman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 2 Feb 2001 23:25:34 -0500
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<This isn't to defend the slanted view of breastfeeding. . . . . but more
to give you an idea how it has come about and
is perpetuated [and how you can go about changing it].>

Thanks for this set of easy-to-understand reflections, Gail. It helps to
remember that despite  differences, physicians "put their britches on one
leg at a time, just like everyone else."

I wonder how many of them realize these formative factors, especially the
last one about pharmaceutical reps?

I alway took particular pleasure in doing whatever I could to assist
physicians/spouses going through the maternity cycle, because I think
that is where some of their most formative experiences take place.

It was especially obvious in the attitudes of those who tried as hard as
they knew how, but somehow "didn't make it" to the mythically perfect
goal they had set.

If a physician's wife (or a woman physician) had a disappointing
experience, it really seemed to cast a dark shadow over the "spirit" and
the type of support available to their patients.

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA

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