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>  Of course women are free to disregard the recommendations, just as 
>they are free to disregard clear advice to use seat belts


Just as a point of info, in the UK, the legislation - almost always 
obeyed - is that seat belts must be used at all times by adults and 
children.

http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/seatbelts.htm

I don't think that legislation should apply to infant feeding, but I 
do think it's reasonable for healthcare professional bodies to see 
infant feeding issues *not* solely as personal choice but as an issue 
of social and political *enabling*  - it's everybody's business, 
really.

It's very simple.

Do we want a healthy population?
Do we want infants and children who enjoy their infancy and childhood 
with minimum unnecessary illness?
Do we want good family relationships?

If the answer to all of these is 'yes', then we have to look at the 
barriers which prevent mothers being *enabled* to breastfeed....and 
one of them, sadly, is the knowledge and support that's lacking in 
their HCPs. It would have been good if the AAP (which is listened to 
all over the world) could have said something about infant feeding as 
a clear public health issue.

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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