Interesting observation!  I had the experience of being asked/told,
"You *are* going to breastfeed, of course?" by my ENT doctor when I
had a hearing checkup in my 5th or 6th month of pregnancy.  I was
happily surprised that he even mentioned it, and told him so!  We
then had a nice little discussion about breastfeeding, ear
infections, orofacial development, and other aspects.

That's the most forthright HCP I've encountered, and he definitely
was not "routinely involved in breastfeeding"!

Margaret
Longmont, CO

>My impression, over the years, has been that docs who aren't routinely
>involved in breastfeeding are generally curious and receptive (and even
>capable of enthusiasm like this doctor's), while peds and OBs generally are
>not.  If this is what other people see, does anyone have a clue what the
>reasons might be?  Lots of exceptions in both directions, I know, but
>*overall*, it seems to me the non-mother-baby doctors are less of a stone
>wall in the face of solid information than those who ought to be on our side
>from the start...
>--
>Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
>www.wiessinger.baka.com

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