I'm not from Nova Scotia (although I've given talks and workshops there!) so 
I'm not entirely familiar with the culture, but I do know that in many, 
perhaps most, parts of Canada people are more comfortable with exposed 
breasts than they seem to be in the US. It was a woman from Guelph, where I 
live, who got the provincial Supreme Court to agree that women should be 
entitled to go topless whenever men can go topless, and you regularly see 
topless women at our summer music festivals and some other events. Not 
hundreds of them, but some, and it isn't a big deal. So the posters may work 
better in Canada than in the US and I think it is important for each 
community to figure out what works for them.

I believe that INFACT did a study with their posters (most of which show 
babies breastfeeding at completely exposed breasts, and one is of breasts 
with the caption: Fast Food Outlets - two convenient locations) by putting 
them up in some malls. They surveyed nurses and health professionals, who 
felt the reactions would be negative - but in fact the responses from the 
general public were overwhelmingly positive. Of course there were a few 
negative responses but the number was very small, especially in comparison 
to what the professionals had anticipated.

Finally, I just want to announce the arrival of my third grandchild, Xavier 
Jaydon Pitman. He was born on Friday, at home, with me, his aunt Lisa, his 
big brother Sebastian and big sister Callista all there to support mom and 
dad (plus the wonderful midwives, of course), after a short (4 hours) but 
fairly intense labour. He found the breast and latched on quite beautifully 
9 minutes after he was born, and had three large poopy diapers in the first 
24 hours (Callista has nursed diligently throughout the pregnancy to help 
make sure there would be plenty of milk). I love being a grandmother almost 
as much as I love being a mother.

Teresa Pitman
Guelph, Ontario 

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