Subject: | |
From: | |
Reply To: | |
Date: | Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:24:07 -0500 |
Content-Type: | text/plain |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Jesi,
I don't have a source with me as I'm at home and someone else will
probably get it for you before I'm back at work Tuesday. But may I
just suggest that for your friend's articles for World Breastfeeding
Week she word it differently than "medically able to breastfeed"? The
idea of breastfeeding being a medical condition, either medically
healthy or not, is not the best one in terms of the concept that was
discussed recently of a breastfeeding friendly culture. If this were
a breastfeeding friendly culture we would assume everyone was able to
breastfeed. It would be a very rare mother who might not be able to
breastfeed and she would then be taken to a specialist, whether a
lactation consultant or physician or both. But healthy women would
just be thought of as normal, not medically able to breastfeed.
Lucy Towbin, MSW, LCSW, IBCLC
***********************************************
To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
|
|
|