Hi and good morning. I especially appreciate Barbara Wilson Clay and Marsha Walker for their well thought out posts in the past day. I agree. When we move out of the personal, and into the organizational movement phase of advocacy, we then are able to DO something instead of sitting on our hands. I totally agree that unless we are able to work at the root of breastfeeding issues, and then work on the same level as others who lobby hard for their interests (whether personal or financial, corporate or otherwise), we are not going to move or shake. I did something to change things years ago .. I started Lactnet...so that we could have professional exchange of ideas. Send your $20 to NABA. Join ILCA. As my colleague here says, one is either part of the problem or part of the solution. I can whinge all I want over coffee with my friends here, but if we all get moving on something, and take it as I said, from the personal into the non personal and professional, we can have our actions make more of a difference. It's not about being believed. I think it is about gaining rapport. Kathleen Kathleen Bruce RN IBCLC Independent consultant: Breastfeeding Clinic of Vermont, Lactation Resources of Vermont, Medela, Inc. Listowner Lactnet listserv [log in to unmask] Archives: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/lactnet.html *********************************************** 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