Hello,

Interestingly enough, NPR stated that they got TONS of negative responses to their 
segment about breastfeeding.  If you that didn't look, and are curious, go to www.npr.org 
and click on the Day to Day program.  The piece aired on April 1, and then piece about 
the negative mail aired on Apr. 2.  They definitely need a new "expert."  It is painful to 
think that he is a practicing pediatrician, and a professor at the Yale Medical School.

I sent in the following:

Dear NPR, 

Is it really news for Dr. Spiesel to wonder if mothers make better milk for their babies, 
than cows or soys? Is it news for him to be of the opinion, contrary to abundant scientific 
evidence, that it is very hard to find benefits of breastfeeding?

And science aside, how can a man tell women, that what we know to be true, is not? We 
know that breastfeeding is about so much more than just the milk. It is a deeply personal 
and complex relationship that is impossible to appreciate until one has experienced it 
personally.

In response to the reporter that asked, "So now women shouldn't feel guilty about not 
breastfeeding?" I have known women to feel disappointment and sadness when 
breastfeeding didn't work out, but Dr. Spiesel is not the one to ask.

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