Hey Pat, you said:  'OK Magda, next week I will do DISADVANTAGES OF FORMULA'

Even I can see that that might annoy some people in your class -- how about
doing DIFFERENCES  betwen breastfeeding and mixed or replacement feeding?
(and incidentally getting in that there are these two catagories -- and
informing the class participants that there is such a thing as exclusive
breastfeeding and it is possible and is different from mixed feeding.)

BTW, I think this exclusive vs mixed (at all ever) breastfeeding is going to
become a big issue for us.  If the Coutsoudis results are confirmed and we
are in situations where we might be supporting women who *need* to
exclusively breastfeed how are we gonna talk about it from antenatal class
onwards?  And yeah, befroe you all hit the reply button, I *know* that
exclusive breastfeeding makes absolute health differences to all babies, but
the HIV thing is such a powerful emotive force in our socities at the
moment, it will create its own imperative (I don't think Jack's musings this
week were too out of line).

I am divided as to whether I think this might be a good thing or not, but it
is an interesting idea that the HIV crisis might highlight the difference
between exclusive bf and mixed feeding.  (Unless HIV kills breastfeeding off
completely).

Magda Sachs
Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK

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