I've suspected that mine were the 'spiritual' postings on breastfeeding that made some folks uncomfortable. I really appreciated Dr. Jon's post the other day as it said so much I had been thinking but unable to put into words. I just wanted to echo some of those thoughts. I, first, want to apologize to anyone who was offended. My intention was not to attempt to sway or convert anyone, and am truly sorry if I made you uncomfortable. My desire was to express my extreme frustration at a circumstance that to my way of thinking should never even occur -a mother feeling torn or pressured in a place where she should be receiving affirmation. I do feel very deeply/strongly about this, and obviously that was apparent in my expression of those feelings. Also those feelings tend to be bottled up, due to the fact, that everyone except other breastfeeding oriented folks think I am obviously 'too obsessed' with what they see as an unimportant issue. For me it is difficult to separate the spiritual part from the logical/political part of this discussion due to the fact that from my perspective if the spiritual part was seen correctly (no matter what faith is represented) there would be no further discussion needed on this issue. So, if I feel the need to comment on this in future I will attempt to step back a bit, and be more 'politically correct'. Kathe Catone