Alicia:

      can we try another version...

<<I ve heard and read a few arguments: (1) If a mother believes that her bb
 will not die from SIDS if she bf, and the baby *does* die despite being
 bf, this will increase her despair and helplessness and increase her
 anger;

      if a mother belives that a car seat will save her baby from death will
her depair be increased when the baby dies in a car accident?    would it
have been "better" had the baby been in her arms and  died?

 (2) If a mother chooses not to bf or is otherwise unable to bf,  and her
abm-fed bb dies, she will feel unnecessarily guilty;

     will she feel better when she learns later in life that her hcp were
less than knowledgable or less than honest with her.


 3) If we promote bf as protective from SIDS when the data do not support it,
we
 will lose credibility in our overall bf promotion efforts.

       if we dicover that the data is wrong we will have to admit we were
wrong... tough to do you know. how many times have health care professionals
worked with inaccurrate data?

      in the words of jn (if i may) ARGHHHHHH

            Patricia
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