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"Coleman, Joyce" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:40:47 -0400
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Good point!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pamela Mazzella Di Bosco [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 7:13 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      natural vs normal
>
> I am constantly hearing comments like "using the bathroom is natural, but
> we
> do it in private" with the comparison to breastfeeding.  Perhaps if we
> referred to breastfeeding as "normal" instead of natural it may prevent
> the
> comparison.  I would even say "it is as normal for babies to breastfeed as
> it
> is for you to breathe...hopefully you get to that wherever you are.."  or
> maybe "breastfeeding is the normal way for babies to eat....do you eat
> only
> in private?"  or to be "politically correct" it could be said
> "breastfeeding
> is one of the normal ways to feed a baby and unless all babies are
> required
> to be fed in private, no baby can be asked to eat in private."   In our
> day
> (in the USA) of natural being equated with above necessary, it is not a
> far
> stretch to put natural and breastfeeding right up there with "natural
> childbirth" or "natural foods" , etc.  In the USA those things may be nice
> but they are certainly not societal norms...birth is far from natural for
> most women and natural foods are mostly found at specialty stores and not
> everyone can afford them...and at the very least the belief is that while
> "natural" may be nice it is certainly not necessary and the alternative is
> really perfectly normal.
>
> Just my .02
>
> Best,
> Pam MazzellaDiBosco  IBCLC  FL, USA
>
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