> There will always be a few mothers who have > negative experiences but to go into a group of women who are all > breastfeeding is a rare thing in our culture and a very powerful force. > Thank you, Debra. I'll be thinking about this at our Series meeting on Wednesday night. I think you are absolutely right that, although lots of health care professionals support breastfeeding, and mothers in increasing numbers know that it is best, it is still a jump to the kind of "mothering through breastfeeding" that we develop in LLL. One of the things that I think mothers need is a "you can try this at home!" approach to breastfeeding challenges. You know, real mothers and real babies, not the ones mothers-in-law and formula manufacturers talk about in their back-handed promotion of breast-but. :-) Jo-Anne *********************************************** 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