In a message dated 5/28/2003 11:15:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Date:   Wed, 28 May 2003 18:29:49 +1000
> From:   Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: 'Hey, Mom, Can I Nurse Now?'
>
> Pat, I read this article and got a completely different impression.
> Things I learnt about extended breastfeeding from reading it were:
> Husbands don't like it
> It makes you not want to have sex
> It makes you stressed and exhausted because the child will wake often at
> night
> It's a problem if you have a professional career because people view you
> differently
> It is immodest
> It is socially unacceptable and people will make statements of horror to you
> or may tell you you have to leave or otherwise harass you
> There were some good things written (and the fact that it is being talked
> about is positive) but overall I thought it pretty dismal.
> Karleen Gribble
> Australia

Karleen,

It is eye-opening and amazing that a mainstream internationally read
newspaper published this article that included attitudes, issues, concerns, and
challenges voiced by some real life mainstream mothers, (and their supporters), from
their perspective, who are striving to overcome challenges and obstacles to
breastfeeding beyond infancy.

I wholeheartedly agree as you say Karleen "the fact that it is being talked
about is positive".

Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the Fairfax County suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway

<A HREF="www.BestBreastfeeding.Info">www.BestBreastfeeding.Info</A>



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