>Approx 6 months ago I posted to LACTNET re: CBFWs ....(crazy breastfeeding
>weirdos; meaning men who seem to be obsessed in a perverted way with the idea
>of b-feeding)

Adriana,
Re your CBFWs study: I don't think you are a lunatic at all. I think your
survey is really interesting. Perhaps the most telling characteristic
amongst these men is their relationship with their mothers. All that stuff
about bonding, etc. I have just been reading something Dr Marshall Klauss
wrote about bonding, and how breastfeeding plays such a central role in
this, and also that routine hospital practices (in Western countries like
US and Australia) are 'creating some of the negative social situations we
are living with' (quote from the article). He is referring to separation of
mother and baby immediately after birth. This is yet another reason for
pushing for Baby Friendly Hospitals, and keeping mothers and their babies
together.

Whenever I hear about a person who is craving power of any sort, for the
sake of power alone, eg political, or those who harrass others like your
CBFWs, I wonder about their childhood, whether they were breastfed, their
relationship with their mothers, etc. I usually mutter something about them
not being nurtured properly as a baby/child, unmet needs, etc. It drives my
family nuts!

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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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