Chinese women do not offer the breast before the milk comes in (at least, that is what the new immigrants told a colleague of mine) Another friend of mine, who had worked in refugee camps in Thailand also told me that Vietnamese and Cambodian (sp?) women considered colostrum as bad, and had the baby wet nursed until the milk came in. From a md that considers studying anthropology as either a post-baby, pre-retirement project, or as a vaccine against burnout (anyway, I will do it eventually, as it is SO interesting) Louise Denhez, M.D., M.P.H Chargee d'enseignement clinique Departement de medecine sociale et preventive