>YEA Nancy... its about time... > >Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 12:38:32 -0600 >From: Nancy Mohrbacher <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: normalizing, mohrbacher, and the surgeon general > > > > > For another lovely example of this, see the first inside page of LLLI's new > > pamphlet, "When you breastfeed your baby: getting started." Our own Nancy > > Mohrbacher makes the point very gracefully and clearly. > >In case you're curious, here is the opening paragraph of LLLI's new > (2003) "When You Breastfeed >Your Baby: Getting Started." > >"We have always known that breastfeeding brings the comfort and delight of >a unique closeness >between mother and baby. But it has only been in recent years that we’ve >begun to understand how >important breastfeeding is to the normal health of a mother and her >newborn. Around 1900, for >the first time in human history, human milk substitutes were developed >that could reliably keep >babies alive. Although these artificial baby milks began to be widely >used in the 1920s, it >wasn’t until the 1970s that research began to reveal their short- and >long-term health effects on >mothers and their babies. After a generation of artificial feeding, we >now understand that >constipation, allergy, and a marked increase in ear infections, digestive >problems, and many >other types of illnesses—both during infancy and later in life—are side >effects of these human >milk substitutes rather than the norm. Side effects to mothers include a >higher risk of >osteoporosis, anemia, cancer of the ovaries, breast, and uterus, and more. " > >I am looking forward to doing the same with as many of LLLI's pamphlets as >I'm asked to write and >rewrite. It's time for a change! > >Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC >Chicago suburbs, Illinois USA *********************************************** 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