Just dipping in to read something about lactation while I sit at the
computer and use the breast pump. And what a treat to read this post from
you, Rachel. Your comment on focus improving connectedness is bang on.

-- Jodine
PS - Ron's doing well, on day one of a five-day chemo treatment, breastmilk
is important at this time in order to keep his white blood count up.

On 6/11/03 5:31 PM, "Rachel Myr" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> As Kathleen Bruce reminded the list, our focus is indeed breastfeeding, and
> we respectfully (and in my case, reluctantly! :-)) ask that discussions of
> issues peripheral to breastfeeding, though no less engaging or important, be
> carried out elsewhere than on Lactnet.
> (Insert sound of soapbox being dragged out once again and me climbing on it,
> here)
> I see our single-minded, monomaniac focus as the listmothers' own small
> contribution to peace in the world: by staying on topic we form connections
> to people with whom we have little else in common, and they become less
> 'other' and more 'us'.  I'm sure many of us would be astounded to know more
> about the political feelings of subscribers from whom we have learned
> important things about esoteric breastfeeding problems, because we vary in
> our placement on the political map, a lot.
> For me it has been a powerful lesson in humility: that just because I have a
> different opinion from a colleague on some other political issue, doesn't
> mean that their knowledge about our common field is worthless, which is what
> I used to think, actually.
> Climbing down now, please carry on with discussions about breastfeeding.
> Rachel Myr
> having chronic difficulty separating the personal and the political in
> Kristiansand, Norway
>

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