>
>
>I did intend to add to my anecdotes that I think this doctor is way
>off-base to suggest that this mother wean her baby.  I think every child
>should breastfeed as long as s/he wants to breastfeed, and, even if this
>doc is right and the mother is perimenopausal, that is *certainly* not a
>justification for weaning that baby!
>

Me, too (three, four) :-) That's one of the things I was trying to 
suggest about medicalization of women's lives. It's as though society 
sees women's bodies as being a problem that can be fixed by doing things 
contrary to our well-being (weaning and other interventions...)
Jo-Anne

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