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Susan Nachman-Srebrnik, LC
Lactation Consultant
23 Nativ Halamed-Hey
Ranana 43340
Israel
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Fax:(972)-3-566-1914
Phone:(972)-9-771-8274
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Hi all.  The issue of nursing in public reminds me of when I was bf my first child.
My brother-in-law (who is a physician, I might add) saw me nursing at a family
dinner and was pretty horrified with the idea.  When I told him that bf was the most
natural thing in the world, his reply was:  "So is urination, but I don't do THAT in
front of other people."  I've seen nurses at the mother-baby clinic where I used to
work "banish" nursing mothers to a back room so the "other patients wouldn't be
uncomfortable."  The best story which made headlines here a few weeks ago was about
a coucil member in Jerusalem who just happened to be a nursing mother.  She didn't
want to lose her voting rights by leaving the room to nurse.  Her suggestion to sit
in the back of the room to discreetly bf was not not appreciated by some of the
religious coucil members who told her she needs to get her head examined.

Happy Pesach and Chag Sameach to those netters celebrating Passover this week.

Susan Nachman-Srebrnik