Fascinating article in the International Breastfeeding Journal about cultural influences on successful breastfeeding vs the magic bullet of skin-to-skin - clearly not absolutely necessary for early exclusive and long duration of breastfeeding in all populations all of the time! Rather, maternal, and cultural motivation to breastfeed (and help to do so) seems to be the deciding factor. See White A et al, IBJ 2012, at <http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/pdf/1746-4358-7-19.pdf>http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/pdf/1746-4358-7-19.pdf Comments? Pamela *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome