Dear Friends:
    Last night was the first class of our local nursing  mothers' training
course. Participants were telling their stories. One woman  told of reading
every book and trying to do everything that she had read; this  was difficult
because the books all say different things.
    I asked the class how many were married; everyone  raised their hands.
Next, they were asked how many of them had brought a sex  manual with them on
their honeymoons. They all thought a moment, and then  started laughing.
    Laughter makes the best teachable moments.
    We talked about how one must focus on one's  feelings and one's partner
in bed and that hormonally this is exactly what  mothers need to do with their
babies. There is no book written for any specific  mother and baby; they all
have to write their own.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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