That is an interesting observation, Diane. I really hadn't thought of it. My OB (same hospital) has a copy of Hale as well as Briggs, and he *assumes* you will be breastfeeding, and my old Ped had two copies of Breastfeeding Answer Book (courtesy of me) used them a lot and asked "Can you get me a few more of these?" (I politely handed him the LLL catalogue!) Also, when my oldest child was being treated for allergies, her sweet Indian allergist said to me, with baby Rebecca on my lap, "You are breastfeeding this one,too, right? I replied of course, she said "At least one year before you wean, maybe I won't have an other patient!" Rebecca was older than a year at weaning and the doc didn't have an other patient. This was in 1988! (My dd Sarah, her pateint, was breastfed, but developed allergies despite. It could have been the ABM she was fed, without my knowlege, in the hospital.) My OB's twin brother runs the NICU at Loyola and is notorious for "hounding" mothers of preterm babies to pump her milk for the baby, and encourages them to BF when the babies can. ;) OTOH, I have had an other ped tell me that he didn't think "breastfeeding really makes a difference in reducing illnesses." And an interist panic when she handed me a prescription for some medication, saying "You aren't still nursing anyone, are you?" I wasn't, but the med was compatable anyway. sigh. It's a mixed bag. I wonder if token breastfeeding may have had an effect on these docs. A mother says she is "breastfeeding" while giving 3 or 4 bottles of ABM a day, and she goes down as "breastfeeding" in the chart. The kid doesn't do all that much better than the totally ABM fed babies, and after seeing this again and again, the doc gets cynical, without knowing to ask the AMOUNT of and commitment to breastfeeding the mother has. It is an interesting thing to think about. My neuro sees a lot of migraine and MS pateints, so he has a large number of women of childbearing age in his practice. I will ask him in Feb how he likes using the book and website! Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL, AAPL Private Practice On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:02:51 -0500, Diane <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>I was in his office the other day, and while talking about performing some >>MRI tests, I dragged out Medications and Mother's Milk by Thoman Hale. I >>gently nudged that it was an invaluable resource for any MD. He was >>intriged and spent several minutes paging through it and then asked, "Where >>can I get this? This is fantastic!" > >My impression, over the years, has been that docs who aren't routinely >involved in breastfeeding are generally curious and receptive (and even >capable of enthusiasm like this doctor's), while peds and OBs generally are >not. >-- >Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC Ithaca, NY >www.wiessinger.baka.com > > *********************************************** > > *********************************************** 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