Hi All, >I suspect, for example, that my relative liberalism about drinking while >breastfeeding and indeed at any other time has a cultural element in it >(though my views are backed by our govt's dept of health, and by the major >health professional organisations - all of which probably share the same >cultural bias as me!). I will never forget being on holiday in France, pregnant with my first baby. According to the advice at the time, I was in France unable to eat pate, soft cheeses, salami or shellfish (I deserved a medal, I think). Also, I had read that Americans avoided coffee and alcohol, so I was doing that too (even though the British Dept. of Health aren't so strict). So there I am, in a French restaurant in Vouvray, Loire, unable to eat 99% of the menu, when an obviously heavily pregnant French woman sat down opposite me, and preceeded to eat a lunch of pate, Brie, salami-type stuff, washed down with a couple of glasses of red wine and strong coffee! Later on, I got talking to her, and when I tactfully enquired about this she said "You English worry too much! It is bad for the baby to be so anxious!" I hate to say it, but I feel she had a point :-) -- Anna H. (Mummy to Emma, 17-1-95, Alice, 11-9-96, Samuel, 25-4-98) ----------------------------------------------------------------- "I'm very courageous, but I have cowardly legs" Spike Milligan ----------------------------------------------------------------- mailto: [log in to unmask] http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna/index.html *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html