Folks, the belly-button removal story was an April Fools hoax put
out for laughs by NPR.  They read some letters responding to it the
next day, and Johanna was apparently *not* the only person taken
in by it.  :-)

Rachael Hamlet

On 5 Apr 2000, at 10:49, Johanna Berger wrote:

> Over the weekend, Nat'l Public Radio (NPR) had a piece on teenage girls
> in Calif. having their belly buttons removed - AT THE MALL!!! Yipes!
>
> Also, a mom told me that the pediatrician said the older her baby gets,
> the longer hse has to wait for her breasts to refill.  Therefore, her 4
> m.o. can't nurse every 2 hours, because there is nothing there.  She has
> to wait at least 3 hours between nursings. ARRGGHHH!!
>
> Johanna Berger, LSW
> Breastfeeding Counselor
> Bala Cynwyd, PA
>
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