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Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:33:43 +0200
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Denise posts, hoping it isn't offensive, asking whether anyone knows of
research on this topic because at her workplace they have 'determined we
could get one of our "holdout" docs on the subject of breastfeeding in our
corner if we could 
prove breastfeeding has some correlation to increased penis size in males.' 

The post was not offensive to me, but the pediatrician's attitude was.  Not
because she or he is concerned about penis size, but because it reveals such
a cavalier attitude to evidence-based practice.  

I've never claimed to have heard everything, so I can't say NOW I've heard
it all, but this was astonishing.  All the evidence to date has not
convinced this holdout doc that breastfeeding serves any useful purpose, but
if someone can come up with research showing that breastfeeding increases
penis size, she or he'll come around?  I'm sorry, I just can not resist:
does this doc think he or she could have been an even bigger d***head if his
or her mother had breastfed?  I'm probably being offensive too, and I think
maybe I am a little bit sorry for that, but I hope Denise realizes I am not
at all taking aim at her.  This is in sympathy with Denise, and even
gratitude to her, because the next ten times I hear a clueless remark about
breastfeeding, no matter what the source or setting, I think I will be able
to say that at least it wasn't as bad as refusing to acknowledge its value
until it is shown to add length, girth or both to an organ not even remotely
involved in the process. 

I don't know who or where this doctor is, which is probably for the best,
because I would be sorely tempted to put up a poster in the waiting room
listing the functions of breastfeeding like ensuring the normal maturation
of the immune system, laying the foundation for normal growth and the like,
and at the end of the list putting 'Increased penis size?  No one knows yet,
but our own Dr D***head is waiting for someone to do research on that before
making a commitment to support you in breastfeeding.  Meanwhile, the rest of
us are happy to help you right now, even though we all know that it will
cost our practice a lot of money if you succeed, because we will miss out on
the income from all the illnesses your baby would need care for just in the
first year if you formula feed her.'

Rachel Myr
Feeling inordinately grumpy in Kristiansand, Norway

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