Hi all,

Kathleen Auerbach wrote:

>>>>The National Organization for Women has weighed in AGAINST the AAP
guidelines (according to a newspot in our local paper) on behalf of
working
(that is, employed outside the home!) women, saying that breastfeeding
for
one year is unrealistic for these women.  ARGGGHHH! <<<<

Soooo, feeding your baby formula is more "liberating" for women???
Liberates women from WHAT?   From being, uh, WOMEN???

I'm miffed.

ARGH, indeed.

I have been lurking around LACTNET for several weeks now.  Really enjoy
it.  Learning a lot.  I'm a new LLL Leader here in Washington state
(USA).  I feel privileged to be able to learn from the best in the
lactation world!

I am a little discouraged because it's becoming apparent to me that we
breastfeeding advocates do a lot of swimming upstream.  Wow was I naive.

Kathleen Salisbury  ([log in to unmask])
LLL of Gig Harbor and LLL of Port Orchard (WA, USA)
Mom to James (2-25-95) and Reed (6-9-97)
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