Natalie,
    I am intrigued by the book you mention by Anne Crittenden, "The Price of
Motherhood."  I have been a Navy Nurse Corps Reservist for 2 years after
serving 7 years on active duty.  My positions have always been in
maternal-child healthy, and I have to chuckle at the idea the US military
being a great supporter of breastfeeding.  The military does provide a form
of socialized medicine if you choose to have all of your care in military
facilities.  This is a wonderful benefit.  I, personally, was hugely
fortunate to be on full pay while on bedrest with my triplet pregnancy.  On
the other hand, active duty women must return to work after only 6 weeks.
Women are immune from deployment for 6 months after their babies are born,
but after 6 months, a woman can be assigned to a ship or duty that is
unaccompanied for many months or years.  I know of no military hospitals
that are currently Baby-Friendly, and it took 5 years of convincing for one
particular hospital to have even one full-time IBCLC on staff despite the
great need.  Military hospitals are a place that certainly could be Baby
Friendly, but I don't know this to be the case right now.

I hope to pick up a copy of this book--thanks for the reference

Anne Nans, RN, IBCLC, Lamaze Instructor Wannabe
Fredericksburg, VA
Mom to Caleb, Amy and Riley 12/17/98 and Seth 12/10/00

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