Up till now, Valerie, I was sort of sitting back shaking my head at the picking apart of the phrase "exclusive breastfeeding." But your insight about the mixed meanings of the phrase in research in the field of AIDS suddenly made all the questioning make sense. < It is upsetting that the lives of so many women and children will be impacted by something as simple as a definition.> Jean ******** K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, Ohio USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html