I received this month's edition of Maternal Child Nursing (MCN). I has a
special section on infant feeding. The first article is  a good one on
protocols for breastfeeding premie's. The first is an article on
developmental weaning. Sandwiched between these was an article entitiled
*When Women Decide Not to Breastfeed* It begins by stating how low the rate
of breastfeeding is  and then it cites a newspaper article called *Nursing
Becomes a Feminist Battleground* and the author goes on to prove her point
that choosing not to breastfeed is politically incorrect....these women find
themselves reacting to the implication that they somehow deprived their
otherwise healthy children of a once in a lifetime experience... The author
calls for a values clarification for health care workers and even asks for
input from the readers.
No where does she speak about the health benefits of human milk. To tell you
the truth in the three case histories she gave, I probably would have told
the mothers not to nurse or to give it up.
I spoke with the psychologist at work about it and he gave me an interesting
prespective: studies have shown that educating people about health does
little to change life styles-- peer pressure is the mot effective at
promoting change.
Maybe I don't understand the term politically incorrect. *I'm not short, I'm
vertically challanged* and things of that nature.