I'll never get the visit to the orthopedist when my 12 year old was a nursing baby; I was dx'ed with tendinitis, or "tennis elbow" (strange since I don't play tennis!). The doc handed me a box full of meds. When I said I was breastfeeding he just-whoosh-grabbed the box away from me and said, we can't give you anything. Needless to say, I felt less than a person.... Pearl Shifer, IBCLC NYC P.S. I didn't wean, I just "suffered"