>No long list of the "benefits of breastfeeding" will change the mind of a
woman
>who has a deep-seated negative feeling about breastfeeding.  If her
fundamental
>wish is to breastfeed, then lists of benefits will help her convince her
husband
>or father-in-law, or help her to persevere through thrush.

This is why it is so important to make bf a cultural norm. The list
of benefits MAY help docs and other hcps, but then their decisions
and attitudes are also based on emotion, hopefully a little less
so.
How much does the list of benefits help convince husbands, fathers-
in-law and grandmothers? How much is this an emotional issue for
them as well?

Naomi Bar-Yam

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