I would like to introduce myself after several weeks of watching. I am Medical Director of Lactamar - Instituto de Lactancia Materna( Lactamar came from "lactar es amar" in english "breastfeeding is love"). We are working very hard here in Puerto Rico with Janet Panchula and others in promoting breastfeeding. Lacnet is a marvelous souce of information for us, as we are on an island where bf is rare and not too popular among health care providers. We are giving a Breastfeeding Management course for health care providers around the island and the information af Lactnet has helped us a lot. Congratulations to all of you! In regard to cultural practices, Janet gave a very good explanation about the broad meaning of Hispanic culture, I agree with her in every point. In Puerto Rico many mothers give to babies "té de anis" (star anise), "yerba buena", chamomille and "té de naranjo leaves". I don't recomend to use it during the early weeks (due to interference with milk supply and nipple confusion), but many mothers had use it without any problem on babies with colic for decades. This a common cultural practice on the island. Ana ... mother of four BF children \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Ana M. Parrilla, M.D., M.P.H., IBCLC LLLI Medical Associate Lactamar - Instituto de Lactancia Materna PO Box 22144 UPR Station Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, 00931 809-753-6467 / 809-765-2998 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\