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!!  If anyone thinks this is an easy task, I
challenge them to spend one day in a typical FP office.  It's mind-
boggling--the variety of patients they deal with in a single day.  And, BTW,
did you know that Board-certified family physicians must RE-TAKE their written
Board exams every seven years to maintain certification??  This is in addition
to Continuing Medical Education credits.
FP's are certainly in the forefront in this requirement; there may be one
other speciality with similar requirements, but I'm not even sure about that.

In my community, the physicians most supportive of breastfeeding-friendly (and
family-friendly) labor/delivery/postpartum "practices" are (you guessed it!)
the family physicians.

Off the soap box for now--
Jeanne Brotherton, RNC, IBCLC
Bellingham, WA