Jeanne wrote, in response to my posting:

>Can't resist, as the 20+ year wife of a fine family physician (Board-
>certified, too!),commenting on the quote about Evelyn Jain lacking
credibility
>with some other physicians because she is "not a specialist, a woman, and a
>Canadian" (perhaps not the exact quote, but close to the spirit, I think).
>
>Anyway, here's the point.   Family physicians ARE specialists; they
specialize in care of the entire family!!

Jeanne--I know that Family Physicians are specialists in family medicine,
but that makes them generalists which somehow translates, in some people's
minds, into less credibility. I wasn't intending to call down FPs, but
merely to reflect comments I've had from people in the US who knew Dr.
Jain's video was a valuable resource, but who also knew that many
specialists (which are whom LCs tend to be dealing with in the US when a
frenotomy is being considered) would reject it, for the reasons I cited.
Many of our physicians here have been a great resource to me over the past
10-15 years and most are quite breastfeeding friendly (they all THINK they
are...). Considering that in Western Canada we have a bf initiation rate of
about 85%, and here in the
Peace River area, it could be closer to 90%, I think we're doing pretty well
(but
need lots more work with duration).

Leslie Ayre-Jaschke, BEd, IBCLC
Peace River, Alberta, Canada