I disagree Rachel.

Breastfeeding does a world of good in ameliorating the effects of  
poverty
which is the root cause of high infant mortality in most of the world...
A root cause of high infant mortality in wealthier nations is  
prematurity,
and prematurity poses special problems for breastfeeding.

So whether one is speaking of wealthier nations or poorer nations
breastfeeding and infant mortality have a relationship...

If you want to chided me for going off on a tangent-
explaining why some cultures and some people would not see artificial  
contraception as a solution for high infant mortality,
and why some cultures and some people see a relationship between  
artificial contraception and artificial feeding,
points I made in the hopes of fostering tolerance and understanding
-you may,
  but I think it is misplaced to find fault with a general discussion  
of high infant mortality in this forum...


Jennifer O'Quinn IBCLC

On May 9, 2006, at 5:41 PM, Rachel Myr wrote:

> The news item about infant mortality rates in different developed  
> countries
> is not about breastfeeding.  Discussions about the various merits  
> or flaws
> in the article are off topic for Lactnet.
>
> Rachel Myr
> Who can't resist signing this as a midwife in one of the countries  
> that has
> scored better than the US for about a century, and it is not just an
> illusion due to slack record-keeping :-)
>
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