Hi, everybody, today I had the greatest "visual aid" at the WIC breastfeeding class.Yesterday I had contacted one of our pts who we hadn't seen in a while. This girl had come to the prenatal class with her mom and they were the only ones who wanted to sit through the video "Coping with the first week". The girl's mom had not breastfed any of HER children, so this young pregnant girl had not been breastfed herself. Well, lo and behold, she decided to breastfeed and now her daughter is seven months old and is still breastfeeding. Has never gotten formula. I asked the mom if she would come to the class today and talk to the other women. She had also told me that she would look for her birth video where you can see the baby go to the breast right after the birth... Well, she came to my class and gave an impromptu talk to the pts. She said to them:You know how it felt when you were making the baby, so why do you think it's going to hurt to feed your baby?! She said that she when her daughter is about 17 she'll be back at the party scene! She had her baby in a baby carrier and you could see that she wasn't giving that baby to anyone else to care for. Then she said-you have other children, you know how fast they grow up, you need to spend the time with them now when they're little and need you! I felt like a proud grandma! Although she didn't have her birth video with her, she promised to try and get me a copy! I wish I had taped her talk! Please email me privately for my review of the video "Coping with the first week". Pearl Shifer, IBCLC NYC _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]