Phyllis asked: Do we know what their experience was with jaundice and hypoglycemia and weight loss at that time?>> My own personal story is being born in 1961, non-drugged birth and full-term. I weighed 5#4oz, and by the time I was taken home from the hospital (my guess is after 7 days), I weighed 4#5oz. That's about a 20% drop in weight. My mom's gone now, so I have no idea about jaundice or hypoglycemia, but do remember her talking about putting us in the windows after we got home. She breastfed for 6 months, started supplementing with formula at 3 months, and introduced solids by 3 weeks. She was thrilled to have breastfed at all, because her mother "couldn't." And that was most likely due to having to "cleanse" her nipples and breasts with alcohol and boric acid solution before and after feedings. I suppose I'm a typical "baby boomer" baby. I've got auto-immune disorders and have struggled with my weight my entire life. But, perhaps the story does give some insight into how baby-boomer grandmothers do not really understand, nor trust, the breastfeeding suggestions of today. Happy New Year from (FINALLY) sunny Ohio, Heather "Sam" Doak *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html