Just so y'all don't think I work in a total backwater... Today, I had a fruitful chat with one of the public health nurse managers for my County's Health Department. She is passing on that little nugget about certain local physicians stating that lactation is a contraindication to TB testing to her boss (the County Health Officer) and the TB public health nurse. They are eager to go out and do some inservices with the local physicians. TB testing is a big issue in our area as many docs are loathe to do it properly, follow up appropriately (but that is a whole 'nuther story). The nice thing is that I also had wonderful breastfeeding pamphlets and manual pumps brought to my office by a staff person from our County's Women Infant and Children's program. They also supply me with really nice 100% cotton nursing pads that I give to new moms. Some days the bear eats you, some days you eat the bear. At least I never have to worry about unemployment :). Pierrette Mimi Poinsett, MD Modesto CA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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