Valerie writes: <<It fills us full of doubt and > disbelief. Women should not have to make an > emotional investment. It is our society and our institutions that have to > make the emotional investment.>> > Valerie you are right on! When mothers tell me how much like a failure or how inadequate they feel as a mother, I tell them they are not the failure its our society that has failed them. Warmly, Pat Lindsey, IBCLC Pediatrics Plus Staff LC www.pedsplus.com Private Practice www.PatLC.com *********************************************** 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