>julie taylor <[log in to unmask]> posted:
>   Denial ++ but I am puzzzling as to why. These women express a wish to 
> breastfeed but quickly stop despite lengthy teaching and support. The 
> patient then seems to create another reason for quitting in her mind - 
> maybe to appease her concience.
>

This is called "reducing one's dissonance." Therre's a whole body of 
research out there on "cognitive dissonance" and the ways people go about 
reducing it for themselves. Applied to breastfeeding, I'm sure there's 
research---if not, here's a dissertation waiting to happen.

regards,
Julia
(supposed to be concentrating on wild turkey parasites right now)


Julia R. Barrett
Freelance Science Writer & Editor
Mom to Sean (6) and Kira (3)
Madison, Wisconsin

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