I had to look twice to be sure you weren't one of my co-workers! This is exactly the kind of @#$% I've been dealing with. Every time I try to improve wording in our materials to make breastfeeding the norm I'm hit with the "G" word. Any attempt to give parents information to help them make an INFORMED choice is perceived as being against Family Centered Care. When I try to point out that there are times we give info counter to a parent's choice such as: parent doesn't want to use a car seat-patent wants to have baby sleep on it's tummy; I am cut off with "We're talking about breastfeeding here!" I originally had planned to continue working here past my Medicare eligibility date, but now I am counting the time (16 months and 6 days) until I can retire. If it weren't for the fact that I would not be able to get health insurance without paying 75% of our retirement income, I'd be out the door now. I have gone from loving my job to being paranoid about every word I utter. It would be great if we were all in a position to speak out like Marsha Walker. Unfortunately there are those of us for whom reality means we sometimes have to compromise and "wimp down" what we really want to say and do. Those of you in a position to freely speak out and stand up for what you know is best, please keep doing so. The more who can and do speak out, the better chance that those that keep the rest of us under the thumb may hear what we've been saying form another source. That might begin to chip away at the attitudes we cannot attack under the present circumstances. Thanks for the opportunity to vent! Winnie *********************************************** 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