Katherine, The following quote was taken from a book called BREASTS by Ayalah and Weinstock, 1970 and used as my introduction to my Masters thesis: "It occurs to me that when you breastfeed, food is coming out of you and going into another human being, so through the nipple flows life and creativity. And the life-giving character of the female of the species should be symbolized by the nipple because it is not just the fact ahta a child is born of a woman's body that makes her the 'life-giver'. Giving birth is not enough! Children can come out of our bodies and be left to die if they are not wanted, and then wwhat? But the nipple is truly a transmitter of love and life" (p 153). -Anonymous Mother. I hope you like it. Yaffa ******************************** * Yaffa Stark, MA, IBCLC * * Los Angeles, CA, USA * * [log in to unmask] * * * * "We must identify and reduce * * barriers which keep women * * from beginning or continuing * * to breastfeed thei